Jul 06, 2021 Special City Council

ITEM NUMBER TWO, A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO DISCUSS AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REGARDING RIDGEVIEW PARK.

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6:00 PM.

COMING BACK TO OUR SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING, THEN MOVE TO ITEM.

NUMBER TWO, IF I MAY MAYOR BEFORE MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM, IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? I CAN'T HEAR WHAT'S THAT I WAS ASKING WHETHER THERE'S A MOTION REGARDING ONE OF THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE LITIGATION.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR THE EXECUTION OF THE CONTRACT? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY, IS THERE A DISCUSSION? WELL, I GUESS THERE'S NO DISCUSSION ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED.

SAY NO MOTION PASSES SEVEN ZERO

[2.(a) Discuss an improvement project regarding Ridgeview Park. (Proposed presenter: Director of Parks and Recreation Jason Mangum) ]

WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION, JASON MANGUM COUNSEL.

UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS EVENING, I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU A PROPOSED PROJECT AT RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, THAT WE ARE HOPING TO DO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS HERE IN THE CITY.

UM, THIS IS A, A SPLASH PAD AT RIDGEVIEW PARK.

THE PROJECT WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE 2015 MASTER PLAN THAT IDENTIFIED THAT WE NEEDED ADDITIONAL SPLASH PADS IN THE CITY.

UH, LOCAL PUBLIC SURVEYS HIGHLIGHT A, A GREAT DESIRE FOR MORE PUBLIC WATER ATTRACTIONS AND AQUATICS.

AND, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, A LOT OF THINGS AT THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED BASED ON OUR 2018, UH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, PUTTING OUR PAVILIONS IN OUR RESTROOMS. THIS PROJECT WILL ADDRESS, UH, THOSE THREE NEEDS.

20 WATER FEATURES, UM, PUTTING THIS BIG, BIG CENTER CENTERPIECE FEATURE WITH SLIDES, UM, $869,000.

20 PLATE A WATER PLATE FEATURES BENCHES SHADE AND REPLACING ONE OF THE TWO RESTROOM BUILT BUILDINGS DOING THIS AS PART OF THE SPLASH PAD NEED A MECHANICAL ROOM.

AND SO REPLACING ONE OF THE RESTROOM BUILDINGS WILL, WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A NEW RESTROOM THAT WILL ALSO HAVE THE MECHANICAL ROOM FOR THE SPLASH PAD.

ALSO LIKE TO REPLACE THE RIGID PARK SIGNAGE SINCE THIS PRODUCT IS GOING TO BE DONE PRIMARILY WITH, UH, DONATED FUNDS.

UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, UTILIZE SOME OF THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THAT PARK ZONE AS WELL AND REPLACE THE, UH, THE SIGN OF RIDGE VIEW.

YOU SEE THE CURRENT SIGN, THE OLD SIGN THERE ON THE RIGHT.

AND THEN, UM, I THINK MOST OF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR, OUR NEW SIGN DESIGN FOR OUR PARKS.

SO THIS WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, SHOWS US SOME PICTURES OF THE CURRENT RESTROOM, AND THEN WHAT THE NEW RESTROOM WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, A SLIGHTLY SMALLER RESTROOM, UM, WHERE THE DOORS THAT LOCK SIMILAR TO LIKE WHAT WE HAVE AT AMERICAN REGENT PARK AND THEN A MECHANICAL ROOM, SOME STORIES, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THIS PRODUCT IS A SPLASH PAD WITH

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UH, RICHIE PARK SIGN WOULD BE, UH, $35,000 TONIGHT.

UH, QUAIL VALLEY FUND.

THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR PARTNERS, UM, AND THEY THEY'RE PREPARED TO DONATE TONIGHT, UH, $750,000 FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND THEN ANOTHER $50,000 FOR SOME, SOME WORK AT MCDONALD PARK THAT PRESENT, PRESENT LATER.

SO THERE'LL BE HERE TONIGHT DURING THE REGULAR MEETING TO PRESENT THAT IF Y'ALL ARE UNDER IN AGREEMENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, UM, $88,000 IN PARKLAND SEVEN, WHICH IS THE PARK ZONE, WHICH, UH, UM, RICHARD WHO SITS IN.

AND SO, UM, WE WE'RE, WE WILL BE COMING TO CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED AN ADDITIONAL $66,000 TO, UH, COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A $905,000 PROJECT.

UM, THAT'LL COST US ABOUT $66,000.

SO, UM, DID TAKE THIS PROJECT TO PARKS BOARD, UH, IN MAY.

AND, UH, THEY DID ISSUE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO PURSUE, UH, COMING TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

UM, WE WILL BRING THE, THE ACTUAL PURCHASE OF THE SPLASH PAD, THE CONTRACT TO, TO DO THIS PROJECT, UH, AT A LATER DATE, BECAUSE IT WOULD NEED THAT, UH, $66,000 BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, TIED TO IT AS WELL.

SO, JASON, THANK YOU THEN A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, IS THIS GOING TO BE A FIRST OR, OR SIGNAGE OR FOR THE PARK, OR IS THIS, UM, ROLLING OUT EVERYWHERE? SO, UM, WE CURRENTLY, OUR, OUR GOAL IS BASICALLY ANYTIME WE'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS AT PARKS TO TRY TO WORK IN ONE OF THE SIGNS.

UH WE'VE I THINK WE HAVE FIVE OF THEM DONE RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING A COUPLE EVERY FISCAL YEAR.

UM, WE HAVEN'T DONE A COMMUNITY PARK, UH, AMERICAN LEGION PARK, ROAM PARK, UM, MOSLEY PARK, UH, A HANDFUL OF OTHERS.

UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, DOING STAMOS, UH, SIGN, UH, WITH CDBG FUNDS AND THEN, UM, BY CENTENNIAL PARK, UH, WE'LL BE DONE AS WELL.

UH, HOPEFULLY COMING UP IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE RIGGI PARK.

MY ONLY, ONLY SUGGESTION THAT I HAVE IS, IS THERE ANY POSSIBLE WAY FOR US TO HAVE OUR CITY LOGO ON NAB TO BE A HUGE SIZE SOMEWHERE SO THAT IT SHOWS THAT IS MISSOURI? YEAH.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BADGE AND THE CENTER ON THE, ON THE PILLAR, THERE'S THE CITY LOWERS FRONT AND CENTER, UH, UM, ON THAT, ON THAT BADGE, THE CENTERPIECE OF THE DUNN BADGE.

UM, SO THEY LOOK REALLY SHARP.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ON, ON OUR, OUR NEW SIGN DESIGN.

JASON, WOULD YOU EXPECT PARKING SPACES FOR NAVY SUFFICE? I KNOW WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A BIG SUMMER, CORRECT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE CHOSE THIS PARK IS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF PARKING, FIRST OF ALL, SECOND OF ALL, UM, IT'S, UH, PROXIMITY TO QUALITY FUND, UH, HAVING, YOU KNOW, PUTTING OUT ALL THIS MONEY, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF STREET PARKING ALL THE WAY DOWN THIS PARK.

UH, THERE'S ONLY HOUSING ON ONE SIDE.

SO, UM, WE DO HAVE THE PARKING LOT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF STREET PARKING AND, UH, WE FEEL THAT I'LL BE SUFFICIENT FOR, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS AMENITY IS A RICH VIEW POINT WHEN, SORRY, RICH BE PART OF CHOSEN FOR THIS PROJECT, OR, SORRY, JUST CHECKING TO SEE HOW IS THIS PART CHOSEN AND IF THIS, UM, HAVE YOU VISITED ANY OTHER PARKS AROUND TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY OTHER IMPROVEMENTS? UM, THIS PARK WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE, THEIR DONATION SOURCE, WHICH IS QUAIL VALLEY FUND.

THEY WANTED TO DO IT IN ONE OF THEIR PARKS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN, UH, THE ONLY TWO REALLY WOULD HAVE BEEN MCNAUGHTON PARK OR, UH, RITU PARK, BUT MCNAUGHTON PARK BECAUSE OF THE SMALL PARKING AREA.

AND THEN THE FACT THAT IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY HOUSING.

THAT'S NOT A GOOD FIT FOR THAT PARK.

UM, AND SO, UH, RIDGEVIEW WAS THE LOGICAL CHOICE FOR THAT.

SO BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY WOULD ONLY FUND IT, IF IT WAS IN A PARK THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON LAKES AND, UH, I WOULD SICK.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY GOOD CENTRAL LOCATION.

I SEE A FEW WHEELCHAIRS IN THIS PHOTO.

ARE THERE ACCOMMODATIONS SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, UM, AT THE SPLASH PARK? YES.

UH, SO THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING AQUATICS, UH, ONE OF THEIR MAJOR PRIORITIES IS TO MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE ACCESSIBLE.

AND SO THERE'S, UH, UM, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE AMENITIES, UM, FEATURES WILL BE ACCESSIBLE OR PEOPLE.

DONATION, UH, BACK, UH, WHEN MCNAUGHTON PARK WAS, UH, I WAS CONSIDERED, UH, AS A LOCATION FOR A PLAYGROUND, UH, THAT, UH, AND, UH, THEY, UH, STRUCTURED SHADE STRUCTURE.

MAYBE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AS FAR AS, UH, QUAIL VALLEY FUND, UH, UH, MAKING A

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UH, THE THOUGHT WAS TO TRY TO COMPLIMENT THAT WITH A SPLASH PAD.

UM, BUT WHEN THEY GOT AROUND TO LOOKING AT IT, UH, THE ISSUES OF PARKING AND JUST NOT THE, UH, THE, THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR IT, FOR OUR SPLASH PAN.

SO THAT'S WHY, UH, THEY LOOKED AT THE, UH, AT RIDGEVIEW PARK, UH, WHICH SHOWED THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IT IS, UH, PRETTY CENTRALLY LOCATED THERE'S PARKING AREAS THERE.

AND OF COURSE THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, TO PROVIDE A LARGE DONATION.

SO I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS, UH, REALLY, UH, FILLS SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT, UH, THE, THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF, UH, EQUIVALENTLY FUND AS FAR, AND MADE A COMMITMENT TO, AND PUT THEIR DOLLARS UP TO, UH, UH, TO GO FORWARD WITH, UH, NOT ONLY WHAT WAS IN MCNAUGHTON PARK, BUT ALSO HERE IN .

SO I THINK, UH, AS WE SAW, IT'S A $905,000 $55,000 INVESTMENT, AND, UH, OUR STAKE, UH, WOULD BE WHAT, 66,000.

SO THAT'S, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, WE WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, THE, UH, THE LARGEST DONATION THAT'S BEING MADE AND THE COMMITMENT THAT'S BEING MADE AND WHAT IT WILL BRING TO, UH, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, OF QUAIL VALLEY AND THE, UH, OF COURSE IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN PARK, SO IT'S NOT JUST FAR QUAIL VALLEY, IT'S A, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EMPHASIZE DURING THOSE, DURING THE DISCUSSIONS WITH QUELL, VALERIE, THAT THIS IS NOT A SPLASH PAD AS A PUBLIC SPLASH PAD FOR ALL RESIDENTS.

UM, IT'S JUST LOCATED IN A PARK WITHIN BELT, RIGHT.

SO IT'S, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE, ANYONE IN A, IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WELL KNOWN.

SO, YEAH.

UH, JASON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IN, IN REFERENCE TO THIS, THIS IS EXCITING.

UH, IT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW, UH, ENTITIES LIKE THE VARIOUS MUD DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, WORKING WITH THE CITY TO IMPROVE OUR AREAS WITHIN THE CITY IS IMPORTANT.

UH, I LOOK BACK ON HOW BLUE RIDGE, UH, HELPED WITH THE SPLASH PAD AT HUNTER'S GLEN PARK, HOW MUCH 26 IS NOW WORKING TO DO A PARK, UH, OFF OF, UH, COLUMBIA BLUE AND A COURT ROAD BEHIND THE, THE WELLS FARGO BUILDING.

AND NOW THIS, UH, THAT'S SUCH A HUGE AND INSIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT, UH, THAT THE MUDS, UH, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE LEADS OF WHOEVER WE WORK WITH ARE IN MAKING INVESTMENTS.

SO WHEN PEOPLE APPROACH THE CITY ABOUT VARIOUS PROJECTS THAT POSSIBLY CAN'T BE FUNDED BY THE CITY BECAUSE OF RESOURCES OR WHATEVER REASONS, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THE MUDS AND TRYING TO REACH OUT TO THE MUSTER TO DEVELOP A PARTNERSHIP IS IMPORTANT.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED 800,000 BEING THE CONTRIBUTION TOTAL FROM QUAIL VALLEY.

THEY HAVE A CHECK FOR $800,000, 750 FOR THIS, AND THEN THEY'D LIKE, PUT ANOTHER PAVILION IN THE PARK AND A RIGOROUS MEETING.

THERE'LL BE PRESENTING US WITH THE $800,000 CHECK, BUT IT'S FOR THE TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT THE OTHER ENHANCEMENT, UH, IS ANOTHER PARK, UH, PAVILIONS THOUGH.

I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT IS IMPROVING TWO OF OUR CITY PARKS.

SO, UH, THANK YOU, UH, QUAIL VALLEY FUND AND ADVANCE AND, UH, ALL THE OTHER MUDS AND ENTITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO IMPROVE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY AS A WHOLE.

THANK YOU, JASON.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

THE 66,000 THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUESTED FROM US.

IS THAT GOING TO BE USED PRIMARILY ON THE PARK THAT WE'RE MENTIONING NOW? RICH VIEW.

SO I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW THAT IT'S A DONATION THAT'S COMING FROM FLO VALLEY FUND.

I'M JUST CONCERNED IF WE WILL SPEND $66,000 ON JUST ONE PARK, AS OPPOSED TO DISPERSING THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY TO MORE PARKS AROUND THE CITY THAT ARE IN NEED.

ON THE FAR NORTH SIDE OF THE CITY.

WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY LOTS OF LOTS OF PROJECTS, UH, AROUND THE CITY WE'VE, UM, REPLACED, UH, UH, I THINK FIVE DIFFERENT PLAYGROUNDS WITH ZERO CITY DOLLARS.

UM, UH, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, WE'RE DOING THE SIGNAGE IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARKS AND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, WE'RE WORKING, WE'RE WORKING IN ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS OF CITIES TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, BICENTENNIAL PARK IS ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO.

SO WE WE'RE DEFINITELY, UM, UH, LOOKING AND, AND MOVING FORWARD ON, ON, UH, IMPROVEMENTS IN, IN ALL SECTORS OF THE CITY.

FOR SURE.

UM, WHEN WE FIRST DID OUR, UM, ARCS ASSESSMENT 2018, IT WAS GAMBLE PARK WAS THE FIRST PARK THAT CAME TO A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE FROM OUR PARKS AND ASSESSMENT, UH, UP

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SO, UM, WE, WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE CITY AND ALL AREAS OF THE CITY TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS.

FOR SURE.

I AGREE.

I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSE AGAIN.

I JUST FEEL AS IF THEY'RE SPENDING $66,000 ON ONE PART, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A GENEROUS DONATION.

I DO THINK THAT'S AN ASSESS OF THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COULD BE DISPERSED AROUND THE CITY AS A WHOLE COUNCIL MEMBER OR, UH, MAYOR.

AND COUNCIL ALSO REMINDS YOU TOO, THAT CA CDAC IS COMING BACK WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A UTILIZING FUNDS FOR HUNTER'S GLEN PARK FOR THE, UH, TRAIL.

UH, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND SOME OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO UTILIZE MAXIMIZE OTHER PEOPLE'S DOLLARS AS BEST WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE CITY PARKS AS A WHOLE.

AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE, UH, 66 OR THE DIFFERENCE, UH, WE COULD, UH, EASILY, UH, FOR THAT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR FUTURE BUDGET WITH A FUND BALANCE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCRUE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND I'LL TAKE AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS WANT TO GIVE ME FOR OTHER PARKS, TOO.

I WILL BEAT YOU UP WHILE YOU'RE HERE.

I MEAN, IT, YOU KNOW, IT COMES UP TO 0.07%, UH, AS FAR AS OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE OVERALL PROJECT.

UH, SO IT'S A REAL MINOR, UM, INVESTMENT FOR US TO MAKE AS A CITY, UH, TO SPEND 0.07, UH, PERCENT, UH, TOWARDS THIS PROJECT, UH, OF $904,000 TO TOTALLY IMPROVE THAT PARK.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE QUAIL VALLEY FUND AND YOU KNOW, ALL THESE OTHER MUGS AND ENTITIES THAT ARE SEEKING TO INVEST IN, IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE APPRECIATE THEIR INVESTMENT.

THEY COME IN TONIGHT, THEY'RE COMING BACK TO PRESENT A CHECK, AND THEN, UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S AN ITEM NINE EIGHT TO ACCEPT THE DONATION BECAUSE IT'S, UH, A LARGER DONATION THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT.

TO INTERIM CITY MANAGER, BILL X, AND ABOUT IMTP IS YOUR THING.

HELLO? YEAH.

I SPOKE TO INTERIM MANAGER, BILL ATKINSON, AND WE'D LIKE TO COVER THAT AFTER THE REGULAR MEETING, GIVEN THAT IT'S 6 52 ALREADY.

AND THEY ARE, WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN COVER SIX OR EXCUSE ME TO SEE, UH, PRIOR TO THE REGULAR MEETING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, ITEM TWO C CONSIDER AND DISCUSS THE CITY'S BOARDS COMMITTEE AND COMMISSION MEMBERS APPOINTMENT AND REEMPLOYMENT CITY.

SO, UH, SO THERE IS, IS THAT, UH, YOUR MOTION TO MOVE THAT, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE? YEAH.

SO MY MOTION IS TO ITEM MOVE ITEM TB.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY .

IS THERE A, OKAY, SO, UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO MOTION DO PASS SEVEN.

[2.(c) Consider and discuss the City’s board, committee, and commission member appointments and reappointments. (Proposed presenter: City Secretary Maria Jackson) ]

SECRETARY MARIA JACKSON.

HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY.

HI, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE OF THE BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND COMMISSION MEMBER APPOINTMENTS, AND REAPPOINTMENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE ONE POSITION POSITION FOR WHERE A DISTRICT, A RESIDENT WILL NEED TO BE APPOINTED TO THAT COMMITTEE.

AS THAT MONICA ERASMUS HAS REQUESTED NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE NEW APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S CURRENTLY NO DISTRICT A REPRESENTATIVES FOR THAT SEAT.

THIS IS THE ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 2021.

THIS IS THE 2020 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LISTS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.

WE DO HAVE TWO VACANCIES FOR POSITION FIVE AS, AND THE ALTERNATE POSITION.

WE HAVE NO NEW APPLICATIONS TO SERVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS FOR THE PARKS BOARD.

UH, EVERYBODY WHO'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, UH, HAS REQUESTED TO MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL, WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM.

AND WE DO HAVE TWO VACANCIES FOR THE PARKS OR FOR POSITION ONE AND POSITION FIVE.

WE HAVE EIGHT NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PARKS BOARD.

THIS IS A 2021 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LISTS OF THE PARKS BOARD.

THIS IS A 2020 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LISTS FOR THE PARKS BOARD AND THE 2019 NUMBER ATTENDANCE LISTS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING

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COMMISSION.

WE HAVE OF ALL FOUR PHYSICIANS HERE WHO REQUESTED TO MOVE FORWARD, SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM? WE DO HAVE THREE NEW CANDIDATE, EPIC APPLICATIONS FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS IS JULY, 2020 TO PRESENT MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

THIS IS A JULY, 2019 TO JUNE, 2020 MEMBER ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.

WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE SERVING AS A COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINT THEM.

AND WE HAVE ONE VACANT POSITION.

AND THEN THE ALTERNATE POSITION THE CANDIDATE REQUESTED NOT TO BE REAPPOINTED BY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE FOUR NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.

THIS IS A 2019 MEMBER ATTENDANCE FOR THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.

THERE WERE NO MEETINGS FOR 2020 OR 2021 FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.

WE HAVE THE VACANCIES OUTLINED HERE.

THIS IS THE 2021 MEMBER, UM, ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION MEETINGS.

THIS IS THE 2020 ATTENDANCE LIST FOR THE PARKS FOUNDATION AND WE HAVE ONE NEW CANDIDATE, UM, APPLICATION FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS FOUNDATION.

UM, SO THIS IS COUNSELED OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ME WITH DIRECTIONS ON IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT ANY MEMBERS AT THIS TIME, OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW ANY OF THE CANDIDATES, MARIA, HOW MANY CANDIDATES TOTAL WOULD THERE BE FOR US IF WE WERE THE PROPOSAL INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE NEW APPLICANTS? YEAH, SO IT WOULD BE, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COUNT THEM ALL.

UH, SO THAT'S ONE THERE AND THEN THERE'S FIVE HERE.

UH, THAT'S EIGHT, UH, EIGHT AND EIGHT THAT'S 16, AND SOME OF THESE ARE REPEATS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE, I WOULD SAY, LET ME GO BACK.

AND NONE OF THESE WOULD BE QUALIFIED FOR THE DISTRICT AGE.

THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE AROUND 18 FOR 16.

SO MARIA, WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS FOR PLANNING AND ZONING, UH, THREE APPLICANTS OR THE THREE POSITIONS AVAILABLE OR THEY'RE MORE THAT'S.

YES, YES.

AND SO WE HAVE ALREADY CANDIDATE THREE NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS, AND WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS AND THESE CANDIDATES REQUESTED TO BE REAPPOINTED BY COUNCIL SHOULD COUNCIL WISH TO REAPPOINTED, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW THE NEW CANDIDATES OR REAPPOINT, I LIKE TO MOVE ON THOSE THREE BITS WITH THE POLICE.

THE COUNCIL CAN GO BACK TO THOSE THREE YEARS IN MY OPINION.

SORRY.

I THINK WE SHOULD.

UM, I THINK WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW THE NEW CANDIDATES AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE INSIGHT ON WHAT POSITION THAT THEY ARE APPLYING TO SERVE.

AND, UM, AT LEAST IF WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I SUPPOSE, OTHER THAN THEIR RESUME, WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF THEY ARE THE SHAPE FOR THE POSITION.

I WOULD ALLOW MY COLLEAGUES TO CHIME IN.

IT'S JUST, I AGREE, BUT I THINK THAT SOME OF THESE WE'VE ALREADY INTERVIEWED IN THE PAST, AND I DON'T WANT TO JUST KEEP INTERVIEWING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THE SAME POSITION.

SO, BUT I'M AT THE WILL OF THE COUNCIL AS WELL.

I THINK IF WE LOOK AT THE FOUR POSITIONS THAT ARE, UH, WE'LL CALL INCUMBENTS, UM, AND THIS IS MY OPINION, IN MY OPINION, ONLY THOSE ARE FOR THE STRONGEST, UH, PNC COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE, UH, THEY'RE WELL VERSED IN ZONING THE WORLD VERSUS IN THE CITY.

AND THEY'VE PRODUCED, UH, QUITE, UH, THEY'VE GOT QUITE A RESUME.

SO I I'D ACTUALLY TO JUST BACK-FILLING THOSE THREE, TO YOUR POINT, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT ALL THE FOUR COMMISSIONERS INCUMBENT COMMISSIONERS ON.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

THIS IS TO REAPPOINT POSITION FIVE POSITION, SEVEN POSITION, EIGHT COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

YOU ALWAYS DO.

I NEED TO SAY THEIR NAMES SPECIFICALLY.

YOU MAY REFER TO THE FIVES THAT'S UH, BEFORE YOU, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

I'M SORRY.

YOU MAY REFER TO THE SLIDE THAT'S BEFORE YOU, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE EXISTING COMMISSIONER.

YOUR MOTION IS TO REAPPOINT THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE LISTED THE FOUR INCUMBENTS IN COMMENT.

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ALL RIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

EMORY, IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO AC TO MARY.

WE HAVE ONE POSITION THAT IS VACANT, AND THEN WE HAVE FIVE NEW CANDIDATES.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE INTERVIEW THESE CANDIDATES OR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR POSITION FOR THAT RESIDENT WILL NEED TO BE A DISTRICT, A RESIDENT.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISTRICT, A APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME.

TAM PARKS, BOARD, OR COUNCIL, LIKE TO INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES, REAPPOINT THE MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE HAVE TWO VACANCIES AND WE HAVE EIGHT NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE PARKS BOARD.

SO IS THERE MOTION OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND APPOINT THOSE WHO HAVE AGREED TO CONTINUE SECOND? SO MAY I APPROACH HIM YOUR MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH POSITION THREE POSITIONS, 7, 9, 11, AND 13.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

MEROLA'S SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER KLAUSER.

IS THERE A DISCUSSION? YEAH.

ON POSITION 13.

UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, I HAD NOTICED IS THAT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PARKS BOARD MEMBER HAD QUITE A FEW ABSENCES.

I DID SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THAT.

AND, UH, THEY STATED THEIR REASONS AS TO WHY, UH, BUT THEY STATED THAT, UH, THEY WOULD MAKE IT A POINT MORE MOVING FORWARD TO, UM, TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.

UH, COVID BEING ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

AND THEN OF COURSE THEY HAD AN INTENSIFIED WORK SCHEDULE BECAUSE OF COVID THEY WERE FRONTLINE WORKER.

UH, BUT I DID EXPRESS TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, THESE MEETINGS.

UH, AND THEY AGREED TO, TO CORRECT THAT BEHAVIOR, IF YOU WILL, AS FAR AS NOT BEING PRESENT.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, THERE ARE NO OTHER DISCUSSIONS WE'LL GO OUT AND VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, SAY, AYE, AYE.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION SAY NO MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

SO FOR THE VACANCIES, DO WE WANT TO INTERVIEW A POSITION FOR POSITIONS ONE AND FIVE OR, UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER STERLING.

DO YOU WANT TO TRY TO FIND SOMEONE FOR A, SO WE HAVE SOME REPRESENTATION I'VE BEEN LOOKING AND I WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK.

READ THOSE COMMUNICATIONS OR, UM, YOU KNOW, KINDA OVERLOOK THEM.

MARIA, CAN I, UM, ASK FOR YOU TO TEAM UP WITH STACY, WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT AND THEN GET A NEWSLETTER OUT SO WE CAN ASK MORE RESIDENTS TO BE MORE, I GUESS, INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE? WELL, SO MAYBE WE CAN DO A HOA MEETING.

I BELIEVE IT'S A, AND IT'S ANOTHER, HOLD ON.

IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IF WE KIND OF PROACTIVELY TRIED TO IDENTIFY SOME PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW ARE SEEKING TO GET INVOLVED IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY.

UH, I KNOW I REACHED OUT TO A FEW PEOPLE, UH, IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS ABOUT SERVING ON SOME OF THESE EXISTING AND NEW COMMITTEES.

UH, AND SO IT WILL BE HELPFUL IF WE EITHER GOT WHAT I H O I CALLED ALL THE HOA PRESIDENTS, UH, AS MANY AS I COULD ANYWAY, IN DISTRICT B.

BUT IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WE KNOW THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE OF SERVICE, I THINK IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR US TO PROACTIVELY REACH OUT AS WELL.

NOT JUST RELY ON THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OR STAFF, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T

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SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS BEST, SO I JUST WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO TRY TO DO THAT AS, AS WELL.

I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER BONEY, HOWEVER, UM, BEING THAT WE NEED TO SEE DAC AN A AND WE COULD PROBABLY USE SOME REPRESENTATION ON PARKS BOARD FROM A LET'S FIND OUT WHEN THEIR NEXT HOA MEETING IS AND PERHAPS PITCH IT THERE.

IF THAT'S OKAY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS, STERLING, I'VE REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL HOS 10, ALL THE HOA MEETINGS, AND I'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THEM AND I'VE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE.

I'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL RESPONSES, BUT NONE THAT REALLY ACTIVELY WANT TO PARTICIPATE ON THE BOARD.

SO THE INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT THROUGH THE HOA.

SO IT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THROUGH SOME COMMUNICATION.

SO WE HAVE BOTH PARKS, BOARD AND PLANNING AND ZONING APPOINTED THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WANTS TO SERVE ANY OTHER.

I JUST KNOW THAT ON, UH, THE MOST RECENT COMMUNICATION, JUNE 16TH COMMUNICATIONS, THEY HAVE PUT OUT ANOTHER FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, ALERT, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT PRETTY CONSISTENTLY.

AND THEY HIGHLIGHTED ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHERE THEY WERE VACANCIES.

SO THEY ARE ALREADY PUTTING THIS INFORMATION OUT WITHIN THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

UM, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THAT US ALL WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER CAN HELP TRY TO FEEL MANY OF THESE VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, ZONING BOARD, AND BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS.

MAYOR, UM, THE OPENINGS FOR THAT CONSISTS OF, WELL, THERE WAS A D OR ACTUALLY TWO DAYS THAT WERE VACATED.

UM, AND THERE'S NOT A S THERE IS A C.

SO IF COUNCIL DOESN'T OPPOSE, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT REGGIE ABRAHAM AND MAX MONTEGUT.

THAT'S YOUR MOTION.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MEROLA'S IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND? UH, WELL, CAN WE MAKE AMEND THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MARULA IS TO ALSO REAPPOINT THOSE INCUMBENT POSITIONS ONE, TWO, AND, AND THEY ALTERNATE.

THEY ARE, YES.

MY MOTION IS AMENDED TO INCLUDE ONE AND TWO.

AND THE ALTERNATE, I WOULD ASK THAT ONE MORE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE WHO'S GOING TO GO INTO POSITION THREE, TWO.

OH.

YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO SPECIFICALLY OR, I MEAN, THAT WOULD HELP, RIGHT, MARIA? YES, SIR.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE ONE MORE.

YEP.

SO MY MOTION IS TO PUT REGGIE ABRAHAM IN POSITION THREE AND MAX IN THIS AS THE ALTERNATE AND APPROVE ALL THE OTHERS.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE, I'M SORRY.

COUNCIL MEMBER, REGGIE ABRAHAM IS POSITIONED FOR, AND HE HASN'T, I HAVEN'T TAKEN HIS NAME OFF THE NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATION.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO WHAT DID YOU LOOK AT THE BOARD MEMBERS OR POSITION FOR REGGIE? ABRAHAM'S NOT ON THE LIST.

I FORGOT TO TAKE HIS NAME OFF THE NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS.

THEN I RETRACT MY MOTION.

I SEE IT UP HERE.

I HAVEN'T TAKEN HIS NAME OFF THE NEW CANDIDATE APPLICATIONS.

THE REST OF THE THREE.

TWO, THREE AND FOUR.

SO WHEN I APPROACHED HIM, YOU WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION? GO BACK TO THOSE FOUR, PLEASE.

IT'S NOT ON MY, I KNOW TWO OF THOSE CANDIDATES.

I, UNLESS OTHER MEMBERS, THOSE A AND B NO, THE OTHER TWO.

I DON'T HAVE THEM.

WELL, I AM FAMILIAR WITH NUMBER FOUR AND, UH, UH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH NUMBER TWO.

HE'S A HOA BOARD MEMBER FOR EQUIVALENTLY FUND.

THEN HE IS ON THERE.

UH, I BELIEVE I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S CALLED A CONSTRUCTION BOARD, BUT THEY'RE THE BOARD THAT APPROVES ALL OF THE, UH, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE IN THE, UH, UH, IN THE AREA, UH, ACCORDING TO THE HOA AND HOA RESTRICTIONS.

SO HE HAS A BACKGROUND.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE INCUMBENT ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS INDIVIDUALS.

ANYONE HAS A MOTION

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IS THERE A SECOND? SO YOUR MOTION IS TO JUST WEIGH A POINT POSITION ONE TO AN ALTERNATE, RIGHT? YES.

UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER MARULA IS, UH, WE'D LIKE TO, THAT WOULD BE YOUR AMENDMENT, RIGHT? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO INCLUDE MAX ON WHICH POSITION THREE GOING ON WITH THE AUDIO TODAY.

SO MY, WITH THE AMENDMENT, YOU APPOINT POSITIONS ONE, TWO, AND THE ULTIMATE J OR ATKINS AS WELL AS APPOINT MAX ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.

SO THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY CUSTOMER MUMBLE.

BONY.

IS THAT YOU'RE STILL AS YOUR SECOND CONSOLE.

RECLOSER YES.

IT'S BEEN A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

CLOUSER IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION HEARING? NONE.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

SAY AYE, ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO THE MOTION.

WE HAVE ONE NEW CANDIDATE FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PARK FOUNDATION.

IS THERE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POINT MS. PLEASE.

IS THERE A SECOND? YEAH.

TO AN EMOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MOROSE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.

ANY DISCUSSION I GUESS I HAVE IS I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE SCAN.

DOES SOMEONE HAVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS CANDIDATE? HER RESUME WAS ON THE PACKET COUNCIL MEMBER, EMORY HER RESUME WAS PLACED IN A PACKET.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY, UM, DOES ANYBODY KNOW HER PERSONALLY? OKAY.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM SECOND BY CUSTOMER EDWARDS.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YEAH KNOW, I, I'M NOT, UH, COMFORTABLE JUST I'D LIKE TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CANDIDATE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY NEW IN SPORT, THEIR APPLICATION.

I THINK THEY APPLIED FOR MARIA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

THREE DIFFERENT, UH, BOARDS.

THIS CANDIDATE ALSO APPLIED FOR THE MISSOURI CITY PARKS BOARD TWO DIFFERENT.

SO, I MEAN, I JUST THINK, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE AN INTEREST IN, IN PARKS CLEARLY.

SO, UM, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO, I GUESS, HAVE THEM HAVE THEM SCHEDULED IF WE'RE GOING TO INTERVIEW ANY OTHER CANDIDATES TO BE PART OF THE INTERVIEW SCHEDULE, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS FOR THE OTHER POSITIONS.

BASED ON OVER, UH, UH, HER RESUME AS WELL AS COUNCILMAN EMORY'S FAMILIAR REALITY WITH HER, BUT, UH, IT WAS ACTUALLY ASKED OF, UH, US AS A BODY TO INTERVIEW HER VERSUS JUST MOVE FORWARD.

I THINK AS A COUNCIL, WE SHOULD SHOW SOME TYPE OF CONSISTENCY.

ONE MINUTE, WE ARE APPOINTING PEOPLE WHO WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE OTHER MINUTE.

WE'RE APPOINTING PEOPLE AND WE ARE NOT APPOINTING PEOPLE DUE TO THEIR RESUME OR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF WHO THEY ARE.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FORM OF CONSISTENCY WHEN WE ARE INDIVIDUALS FOR THESE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS CONSIDERING THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND THEY DO DRIVE THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY WILL TAKE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT JULIA HARDY, DID WE PUT HER THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE PARKS? I THINK I RECALL US PUTTING HER THROUGH AN INTERVIEW FOR PARKS FOUNDATION, CORRECT? YES.

WELL, ORIGINALLY SHE WAS, SHE WAS NOMINATED TO SERVE

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SO I THINK JUST TO, IN ALL FAIRNESS TO BE UNIFORM, I THINK WE SHOULD INTERVIEW HER.

THAT'S A, WE STILL HAVE A, I HAVE A MOTION FROM YOU.

AND SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS.

I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION AND WE CAN INTERVIEW IT'S FAIR.

IS THERE ANY OTHER MOTION? OKAY.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS FOR THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND THEN WORK WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO SEND OUT ANOTHER NEWS RELEASE FOR DISTRICT DAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

I THINK I ALSO HEARD HOA MEETINGS AS WELL.

SO ISN'T THAT WHAT, ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU HAD, NOT JUST THE NEWSLETTER STERLING MENTIONED THAT THE WORD IS GETTING OUT THERE THROUGH THE HOA.

SO, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UH, WE CAN MEET, UH, ADJOURN THIS MEETING, AND THEN WE'LL, WE CAN MEET RECESS, RECESS, THIS MEETING, AND WE'LL COME BACK WITH ANOTHER ITEM.

WE HAD THAT ALREADY ITEM NUMBER 14, OR TO RECONVENE INTO OUR SPECIAL COUNSEL MEETING.

IF WE COULD, IT'S NINE 30 MINDFUL OF YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATE OF YOUR TIME.

IF YOU COULD BEAR WITH US FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES.

WELL, HOW MANY DEPARTMENTS WE HAVE? I MEAN, HOW MANY, SO WHAT WE HAVE IS CIA, EXCUSE ME, AS PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DO WANT TO HIT, UH, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH BOTH.

I'VE SPOKEN TO BOTH THE DIRECTORS TO BE BRIEF, HIT THOSE VERY HARD AS FAR AS AND CONCISE, AND I'LL BE CONCISE.

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF THE CIP, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL, UH, I WANT TO PUT THAT ON A SEPARATE, UH, MEAN BY ITSELF.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO SMALLER FUNDS THAT WE CAN HANDLE, UH, AT ANOTHER TIME AS WELL.

THAT'S OUR DEBT SERVICE AND OUR SOLID WASTE FUND.

BUT IF YOU COULD BEAR WITH US JUST FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, OKAY, I'LL LOOK AT IT.

THIS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SOLID WASTE ARE GOING TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE FIVE MINUTES, SO MAYBE WE CAN TAKE ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENT, A COUPLE OF THE OTHER ONES.

CAN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? CAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET, UNLESS CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

I HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 RIGHT NOW.

WELL, WE WERE JUST GOING TO BE COVERING PUBLIC WORKS AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO, AND I'VE ASKED THEM TO BE BRIEF TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL COVER THE CIP AT A DIFFERENT TIME.

WELL, I'LL ASK THE COLLEAGUES, BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE US TIME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED.

I'M FINE.

WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WE WAITED TOO LONG.

I MEAN, I KNOW STAFF HAS BEEN PREPARED TO PRESENT AND SO, UM, I'LL MAKE THE SACRIFICE.

AND, AND I GUESS TOO, IF WE COULD, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, THAT COME UP TONIGHT AND, UH, BASED ON THE INFORMATION WE PRESENT, THEN FEEL FREE TO SEND THEM TO ME.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO, TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, AS FAR AS QUESTIONS WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT ON THE FRIDAY REPORTS, UH, WITH QUESTIONS YOU HAD PREVIOUSLY IN THE OTHER PRESENTATION, BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP THIS MOVE FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN GIVE THIS BACK TO YOU IN PLENTY OF TIME TO HAVE GOOD DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH ON THE PROGRAM.

I DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE IN AUGUST, I'M SAYING HERE IT IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO PRESENT THIS.

I WOULD SAY ASK IS IF WE CAN LIMIT THE SLIDES TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT, WHAT WE NEEDED TO HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.

SOME OF THE HISTORIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE COMING YEAR, UNLESS IF SOMEBODY ON THE COUNCIL THAT WANTS TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT A SLIDE, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'LL GO THAT WAY.

I SAID, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY JOSHY KUMAR.

SO FOR THE NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING BACK INTO SPECIAL, UM, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING,

[2.(b) Presentation of the Fiscal Year 2022 budget overview. ]

I'M EXCITED.

SO IS MY TEAM, UH, I KNOW IT'S A LONG NIGHT, SO I WILL TRY TO BREEZE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION, BUT SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS A INTERIM CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY

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HAVE.

UM, HOLD ON.

LET ME ASK SOMEONE TO DO SO.

I KNOW HE'S PRESENTING.

SO WHEN IT HITS 10 O'CLOCK, CAN WE CUT IT OFF? SO WHETHER WE WERE FINISHED FOR THAT.

GALLON SURFACE WATER PLANT, UH, THAT WAS RECENTLY, UH, COMPLETED.

SO WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU IS THE PROPOSED FYI 22 BUDGET FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, TYPICALLY PART OF THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.

WE ADOPT THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE MET IT FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PRESENTATION TO ANOTHER TIME AS TIME ALLOWS, UH, I WANT, I WILL BE REMISS IF I DON'T INTRODUCE MY TEAM KEY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE BACKING ME HERE TODAY AND WERE PART OF THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION AS WELL.

TODD WHO WERE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, JEREMY DAVIS, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, RANDY WEST OFFICE MANAGER, AND JONATHAN ADIS PURCHASING COORDINATOR.

IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND UP MAYOR, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PUBLIC WORKS IS THE LARGEST DEPARTMENT HERE IN THE CITY.

SO I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, DEFINING THE FUNCTIONS THAT PUBLIC WORKS DOES.

IT IS A CUSTOMER CENTRIC DEPARTMENT.

WHAT WE DO IMPACTS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS.

UH, WE HAVE NINE DIVISIONS, ADMIN THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SUPPORT STAFF.

WE HAVE UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, THE UTILITIES DIVISIONS, WE MANAGE THE CITY'S WATER AND WASTEWATER PLANTS, STREETS, AND DRAINAGE, UH, FLEET AND FACILITIES.

WE PROVIDE INTERNAL CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE NOT ONLY PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES, BUT WE CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY PD AND FIRE.

UM, UH, WE HAVE ENGINEERING, UH, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE MANAGE THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, TRAFFIC AND GIS.

I THINK GIVEN WHAT WE DO, WE ARE A VERY LEAN DEPARTMENT COMPRISED OF, UH, VERY PASSIONATE INDIVIDUALS, UH, STAFFED AT 42.

I WANT TO HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF, UH, THE STREETS DIVISION.

UH, WE DO HAVE TWO CREWS, UH, PRETTY MUCH THAT ACTIVE ANY WEEKEND.

GIVEN THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH THE RAINY WEDNESDAY, THEY WERE COORDINATING STREET CLOSURES.

UH, WE HAVE THE FLEET AND FACILITIES, UH, FLEET MANAGERS ABOUT PORTLAND, 17 VEHICLES.

MOST OF THEM, PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING HEAVY VEHICLES, SUCH AS FIVE TRUCKS AND, UH, UM, BACKUP GENERATORS FACILITIES.

WE DO MANAGE ABOUT 20 BUILDINGS, UH, AND, UH, UH, SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE 30 PLUS YEARS OLD.

I WANT TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHT ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE OF THINGS.

IT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE.

UH, WE CATER, UH, TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEED OF THE CITY IT'S SPEECH, NEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, UH, THAT ARE WIDENED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, JEREMY DAVIS, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, NEW DEVELOPMENTS ADDED 73 MILLION, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO THE CITY.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE ROUGHLY ABOUT EIGHT 80 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARRIVE AT ARE UNDERWAY.

OUR B PLAN B FIRE STATION, NUMBER SIX, THE SURFACE WATER PLANT NIGHTS ROAD, ET CETERA.

UH, AND FINALLY, UH, WE HAVE TWO OTHER DIVISIONS TRAFFIC OPERATIONS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH AND THE OTHER DIVISION, WHICH IS THE GIS GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS. UH, THEY'RE NOT JUST MAKES PRETTY MAPS, BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES BEHIND PRETTY MAPS, WHICH IS THE PROVIDE THE DATA, WHICH IS USEFUL FOR, UH, POLICE FIRE AND, UH, MANAGING THE ASSETS OF THE CITY.

SO THAT'S A SNAPSHOT OF THESE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

AND I TRY TO DO JUSTICE WITHIN THE MINUTE OR TWO THAT I WAS GIVEN TO PRESENT YOU THIS ONE, IN TERMS OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE ON THE DEVELOPMENT SIDE.

UM, MY TEAM OF ROUGHLY THREE PEOPLE ARE DEDICATED TO, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPE OF, UH, REVIEW OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS.

AND THEY WERE VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE AMAZON FULFILLMENT CENTER REVIEWED ON A TIMELY BASIS.

UH, THE SECOND THING IS THE PAYMENT MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 21, THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO DOUBLE OUR FUNDING, UH, FOR STREETS RECONSTRUCTION.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COMPLETE IF NOT ALL, MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE PLANNED IT TO DO.

UH, THE NEXT IMPORTANT THING IS THE, UH, IT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO THE PROJECTS.

IT'S ANOTHER THING TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING AND GET THE PROJECTS DONE.

WE WERE ABLE TO LEVERAGE FUNDING FROM THE GLO OR PENN COUNTY TO CONSTRUCT $40 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

UH, WE JUST NEGOTIATED THESE AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE COME TO FRUITION IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS, OF COURSE, YOU DID SEE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE 20 MILLION

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AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IS THE UPDATED WATERSHED MASTER PLAN.

UH, JEREMY HAS BEEN LEADING THIS EFFORT AND I KNOW IT'S VERY CRITICAL GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST FEW DAYS IN TERMS OF THE, THE CONCERNS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE CITIZENS.

WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL IN THE COMING WEEKS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT PLAN.

AND WE HOPE TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE, OUR GOAL, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UH, THE COUNCIL ALLOCATED 1.8 MILLION ONE TIME FUNDING FOR THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION TO APPROXIMATELY 400,000 THAT WE RECEIVE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

WE COMPLETED HALF OF THAT.

WE INTEND TO COMPLETE THAT IN FISCAL YEAR 22.

UH, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED BILLING THROUGH UPS THAT WE DO IN THE WASTEWATER SERVICE AREAS THAT WE OPERATE A TRUE-UP IS A PROCESS WHERE WE ESTIMATE THE REVENUES AND EXPENSES.

AND AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE COME BACK AND RECONCILE THOSE, UH, WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH OUR PARTNER TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

AND AGAIN, I DID MENTION ABOUT THE LEVERAGING OF FUNDS THAT WE'RE DOING TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

SO IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE INTO LOCAL AGREEMENTS WITH OUR PARTNERS TO IMPLEMENT ROUGHLY $40 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.

UH, WE JUST, THE COUNCIL JUST AUTHORIZED THE, UH, UPDATING THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, ITS AND MASSIVE THOROUGHFARE PLANS.

THESE ARE VITAL FOR CITIES, MOBILITY INITIATIVES.

WE WANT TO BRING THAT TO A FRUITION IN 5 22 AND THAT'S ONE OF HER GOALS AS WELL.

AND FINALLY, UH, THE GENERATORS ISSUE HAS COME UP AFTER ANY MAJOR STORM BEAT HARVEY OR THE WINTER STORM.

UH, WE MIGHT FIND SOME FUNDING IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE INTEND TO PROVIDE BACKUP GENERATORS FOR THE CITY HALL COMPLEX.

SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IS, WELL ACTUALLY LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THESE GOALS OR YOUR TITLE 22 GOALS OR THERE, BECAUSE THE SIDEWALK SAYS HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN 2020.

UM, THE ONES ON THE TOP THAT 21 HAS BEEN COMPLETED, UH, WELL THAT THE STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN 2020, BUT THE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STUDY ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IN 22.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS OUR BUDGET NUMBERS.

OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS HERE AND I'M JUST GOING TO HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS.

LAST YEAR.

OUR BUDGET WAS A LITTLE SHY OF $10 MILLION THIS YEAR IT'S GIVE OR TAKE ABOUT WHAT IS PROPOSED IS ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

THE DELTA IS THE TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THIS IS FOR A REASON LAST YEAR, UH, A DECISION WAS MADE TO TRANSFER 1.8 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.

THAT'S THE 1.8 MILLION AND TYPICALLY A FLEET, UH, REPLACEMENT IS FUNDED AT ABOUT 444,000 LAST YEAR.

ADDITIONAL MONEY WAS INFUSED TO REPLACE SOME OF THE FLEET WEIGHT GOALS AND SOME OTHER SUPPLEMENTALS.

AND THAT'S IN THAT IN A NUTSHELL IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 21 BUDGET AND WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR.

IF NO QUESTIONS ON THIS SLIDE, I'M GOING TO HOP ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE AT LEAST OF POSITIONS.

UH, WE HAVE 42 FULL-TIME POSITIONS.

UH, THIS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH CONSTANT OVER THE YEARS EXCEPT THAT IN, UH, FINE 19, THERE WAS ONE POSITION, ALL FYI 20, THERE WAS A POSITION ALLOCATED IN THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT, I THINK HAS NOW PROPOSED IN THE BASE BUDGET.

WE HAVE THE 42 POSITIONS, UH, SINCE THIS LAST UPDATE WAS MADE OR WE HAVE FILLED ONE POSITION.

THERE ARE TWO POSITIONS CURRENTLY WAKENED ONE IS THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER RULE IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITING THE POSITION.

AND THE OTHER IS A STREET TECH AND OUR STREETS DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF OUR SUPPLEMENTALS.

UH, IT, IT MAY LOOK LIKE PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING FOR 1.6 MILLION.

UH, THE OPTICS ARE NOT CORRECT THERE.

WE, WE SERVICE OUR, WE CATER TO THE NEEDS OF INTERNAL CUSTOMERS.

A LOT OF THESE REQUESTS COME FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE HAVE CAPTURED IT HERE.

I'M GOING TO HIT THE, UH, PERSONNEL REQUESTS.

UH, WE HAVE REQUESTED SIX POSITION AGAIN, YOU SEE SIX HERE.

UH, THE SIGNAL TECH WAS A DUPLICATE.

SO, UH, PLEASE EXCUSE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WILL BE CORRECTED IN THE, UH, FINAL VERSIONS THAT WILL COME TO YOU.

WE'RE ASKING FOR FIVE POSITIONS AND AGAIN, THESE ARE GROWTH DRIVEN AND TO CONTINUE THE QUALITY OF SERVICE THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS PROVIDES TO THE COMMUNITY.

THE KEY AMONG THEM AS THE SENIOR INSPECTOR POSITION.

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CURRENTLY WE HAVE A INSPECTOR IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UH, INSPECTING INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE CITY.

THAT'S $80 MILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WE COLLECT THE FEE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE REVIEW AND INSPECTION AND OUR FEES IS TRENDING UPWARDS.

UH, AND, UH, WE NEED A SECOND INSPECTOR.

AND AGAIN, UH, THAT INSPECTOR ALSO PROVIDES RIGHT-OF-WAY INSPECTION SERVICES, SIMILAR TO THE FRONTIER ISSUE THAT WE RECENTLY HAD.

UH, SO WE ARE STRETCHED VERY THIN AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR KEY NEEDS.

UH, THE SECOND ONE, YEAH, THAT'S CRITICAL TO US AS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SPECIALIST.

OUR FOCUS IN FY 22 WILL BE ON TRAFFIC OPERATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE SEE A NEED.

UH, AGAIN, WE'RE GROWING AS A CITY, WE'RE ADDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND, UH, UH, WE NEED TO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND THAT'S THE NEED.

UH, THE THIRD ONE IS THE STREET TECH POSITION.

UH, WE ARE, UH, STRETCHED THIN DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS.

UH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WINTER STORM, WE HAD OUR, LITERALLY HAD OUR STREETS CREW OPERATING IN PUSHUPS THAT AT THE STREETS BUILDING.

SO WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A BACKUP CREW, SO TO SPEAK.

AND THIS THIRD POSITION, UH, STREET TECH POSITION WILL ELP AND FINALLY THE KENNEL TECH AND THE GIS TECHNICIANS PROVIDE SUPPORT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS TO ONE AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT POSITION AS WELL.

UH, I WILL, UH, I WILL SKIM THROUGH THE OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS WE HAVE, AND THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL IN THE PAST.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE, UH, LED, UH, THE, UH, STREETLIGHTS REQUEST FOR ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE.

THIS HAS COME TO THE COUNCIL IN THE PAST AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR STREETLIGHTS, THAT'S THE 55 PLUS K THAT YOU SEE THERE.

UH, THE OTHER SMALL ITEMS THAT YOU SEE THERE IS RELATED TO THE NEW POSITIONS.

WE'RE ADDING THE COMPUTER FIELD, MINOR EQUIPMENT TOOLS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, PAYMENT, MARKING MATERIAL.

AGAIN, THAT'S AN, UH, I WOULD SAY, UH, WE HAD TO BREAK UP SOME DIVISIONS.

SO AGAIN, THAT HAS BEEN SOME INCONSISTENCY AND IT'S SHOWN UP AND THAT SHOULD BE CORRECTED IN THE FINAL VERSION OF THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE.

SO THE PAYMENT MARKETING MATERIAL SHOULD GO IN THE FINAL PRESENTATION THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.

UH, THE OTHER THINGS ARE RELATED TO TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.

IT'S A LICENSING FEE FLYR UH, AND THEN, UH, AGAIN, UH, WE ARE STRETCHED VERY THIN ON PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTION SERVICES.

UH, WE RELY ON OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE TIMELY REVIEW OF, UH, DEVELOPING SERVICES, PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS, BECAUSE NOT ONLY WE HAVE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS GOING ON, LIKE THE AMAZON, THE FORT BEN TOWN CENTER THREE, BUT WE'RE, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY GOING ON IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL AS WELL, DRY CREEK PARK, SAGE.

UH, SO WE ARE NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO MANAGE THE, UH, PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND TO ASSIST JEREMY IN MEETING THE DEADLINES FOR, UH, COMPLETING THE REVIEW.

THE NEXT ITEM, THE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND IS ON THE IDEA'S TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

UH, WE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE DURING THE WINTER STORM AND THAT'S THE MONEY TO UPGRADE OUR, UH, FIXED THE COMPONENTS THAT WERE DAMAGED DURING THE WINTER STORM.

A LOT OF THESE ITEMS ON THIS SLIDE IS THE REQUESTS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I'M GOING TO HIT THE TWO MAJOR ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

ONE IS THE BUILDING REPAIRS OVER THE YEARS, UH, WITH OUR FACILITIES AGING, WE HAVE SEEN A NEED FOR MORE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING KIND OF SERVICES.

AND THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT WE'RE ASKING TO ADDRESS THAT.

AND AGAIN, IT WAS EXASPERATED BY THE WINTER STORM AND WE'RE NEEDING TO DO MORE REPAIRS, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, AND THIS IS RELATED TO OUR FINAL ALARM AND THE, UH, THE DOORS AND OR ENDORSE THAT WE MAINTAIN FOR FIRE STATIONS AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

UH, WE'RE HAVING A NEED, UH, TO HIRE CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THERE.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS THAT WE HAVE AND OTHER, THE OTHER THINGS ARE SMALL LINE ITEMS. SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH THIS SLIDE UNLESS THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS AND MORE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM.

UM, REPLACING TWO DOT TWO TONGUE CONDENSERS AND HEATERS AND WHATNOT, DON'T WE GET A REIMBURSEMENT THROUGH THE LED CONVERSION PROGRAM.

AREN'T THEY REPLACING, UM, HIGH OR LACK OF EFFICIENT SYSTEMS. ALL THAT WORK HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DONE AND WAS FINANCED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

SO THAT ALL THAT, ALL THAT EQUIPMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED DID NOT INCLUDE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUGH, BUT WE DO SEE THE OPPORTUNITY NOW TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.

SO YOU'VE ALREADY FINISHED IT IF I CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.

THANKS

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BILL.

UH, WE DO AGAIN, THE BIG LINE ITEMS HERE ARE THE FUEL PUMPS.

WE HAVE TWO FUEL PUMPS, ONE HERE BY THE STREETS BUILDING WITHIN THIS COMPLEX AND ONE BY FIRE STATION, NUMBER FOUR THAT ARE OLD ANTIQUATED AND NEEDING REPLACEMENT.

UH, THERE IS A BACKUP CHILLER, UH, THAT, UH, FACILITATES THE CITY HALL COMPLEX HERE.

UH, AGAIN, DUE TO THE AGE THAT'S NEEDING REPLACEMENT, UH, AND AGAIN, THE END, THE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THAT HAS COMING FROM PLANNING AND HR AND INSPECTIONS TO DO SOME UPGRADES TO THE ENTRANCE.

THAT'S ANOTHER BIG TICKET ITEM.

OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THE OTHER ARE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE A REQUEST, BUT AGAIN, THE TOTAL AMOUNTS TO 1.6 MILLION.

AND MOST OF THESE, AS I ALLUDED TO IN THE PAST, OUR DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTAL REQUEST, IF YOU FACTOR THE PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS IN TERMS OF POSITIONS AND DIRECTLY RELATED TO PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THAT'S, UH, GIVE OR TAKE IS IN THE RANGE OF ABOUT HALF A MILLION NEXT GOING ON INTO, UH, THE FLEET EVERY YEAR, THERE IS A PARTICULAR FUNDING THAT'S ALLOCATED TO FLEET REPLACEMENT.

WE DO HAVE A FLEET REPLACEMENT STUDY THAT'S DONE EVERY YEAR.

IT ACCOUNTS FOR THE VEHICLE AGE, UH, THE MILEAGE AND THE CONDITION OF THE VEHICLE AND FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TO REPLACE, UH, AGING FLEET.

UM, THE TYPICAL, UH, BASE BUDGET IS 444,000.

UH, THAT'S ALLOCATED IN A GIVEN HERE AND THAT'S SHOWN HERE AND THIS WILL REPLACE ABOUT NINE VEHICLES.

I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE ATTRIBUTED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE DO HAVE A SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST, UH, AND AGAIN, THESE ARE MORE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATION KIND OF RELATED ITEMS. ONE IS WHAT WE CALL THE BUCKET TRUCK.

IT'S USED TO, UH, LIFT TECHS, LIFT TECHNICIANS THAT WORK ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S REACHED TO SAGE.

WE'RE TRYING TO GET A SECOND ONE.

UH, WE HAVE A BACKHOE THAT WAS DAMAGED AND WE'RE LEASING THAT WACO AND, UH, WANT TO PURCHASE A NEW BACKOFF.

UH, AGAIN, WHEN WE PROCURE NEW WAKENS, ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE IS A LOT OF OUTFITTING DONE FOR THOSE WAKERS.

THE 47,500 IS WHAT YOU SEE FOR THAT.

AND FINALLY, THE LAST ONE IS TO PROCURE OR A NEED FOR, UH, UH, UH, A LARGER RACHEAL FOR ANIMAL SERVICES.

UH, THERE IS A NEED TO TRANSPORT THIS WAY, CALLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR ADOPTION SERVICES, AND THAT IS THE NEED FOR, UH, THE ADDITIONAL WACO.

AND AGAIN, UH, OTHER THAN THE BASE, UH, BUDGET THAT YOU SEE FOR FLEET AN ADDITIONAL 316,000 IS BEING ASKED IN SUPPLEMENTAL TO FUND THESE FOUR ITEMS. UH, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GONNA, UH, DISCUSS CAPITAL PROJECTS HERE TODAY, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, CORRECT.

AND IF YOU COULD JUST HIT THE UTILITY FUND BUDGET SUMMARY, UH, WE WILL COME BACK AND DISCUSS CAPITAL PROJECTS.

UH, UTILITY FUND SUMMARY, UH, IS, UM, OUR PROJECTED REVENUES ON THE UTILITY SIDE IS $18.8 MILLION.

OUR EXPENSES ARE FORECASTED TO BE ABOUT $22 MILLION.

UM, AGAIN, THE DELTA IS 3.2 MILLION, BUT WE DO HAVE FUN BALANCE WHERE WE CAN TAP INTO, TO COVER THE EXPENSES.

UH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH A NUTSHELL OF PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.

I KNOW IT WAS FAST.

UM, BUT, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS NOW, OR IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

I HAVE COUPLE.

AND THE BUDGET SUMMARY SUMMARY, WHICH IS SLIDE 27, W YOU SAID THAT IT WAS A NINE, ALMOST 10 MILLION LAST YEAR, AND THEN IT'S ABOUT A 2.5 MILLION VARIANCE.

UH, WHERE DOES, WHERE IN THERE? YOU SAID THAT IT WAS ONE WAS A 1.8.

THAT WAS FOR THE SIDEWALK, RIGHT? RIGHT.

WHERE DOES THAT SHOW ON THAT SLIDE? YES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE LESSON SIDEWALK, YES, SIR.

IF YOU LOOK UP FOR LINE ITEM, NUMBER 59, TRANSFERRED TO FUNDS IN FINANCE CAN HELP ME AS WELL.

UH, THAT'S THE TRANSFER FROM GENERAL FUND TO THE LINE ITEMS IN THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET.

THAT'S THE 2.51, 2 MILLION.

AND AGAIN, THE MAJOR COMPONENTS THEM ARE 1.8 MILLION FOR SIDEWALKS, ROUGHLY 300,000 FOR RE FLEET REPLACEMENT.

AND I THINK THERE WERE ONE TIME OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS THAT WERE FUNDED.

SO THAT IS THE TRANSFER THAT YOU SEE THE 2.5 MILLION FROM GENERAL FUND.

ONE TIME EXPENSES TRANSFERRED TO PUBLIC WORKS.

RIGHT? WHEN YOU PUT IT THIS WAY, YOU'RE ADDING FLEET, YOU'RE ADDING OTHERS TO IT.

SO IS IT ELENA, IS IT, I MEAN, DO YOU HAVE IT ITEMIZED AS THAT BECAUSE, OR ARE YOU PUTTING THE 2.5, YOU PUTTING ALL OF THAT INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S CLEARLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS WHAT I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE 1.8,

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DOES IT REALLY SHOW, OR YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT BREAKS DOWN TO SHOW WHAT IT IS IN THE DETAILED BUDGET INFORMATION? YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT LINE ITEMS THAT SAYS WHERE IT'S BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE 1.8 MILLION, UM, WAS TRANSFERRED TO ONE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS.

UM, AND THERE'S ALSO 268, 9 90.

THAT WAS TRANSFERRED TO FLEET.

THE WAY THAT THIS WORKS IS THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET IS INCREASED, BUT THEN WE TAKE THAT MONEY OUT AND TRANSFER IT INTO ANOTHER FUND.

SO PUBLIC WORK IS PUBLIC WORKS.

GENERAL FUND BUDGET IS TRANSFERRING FUNDS TO OTHER FUNDS IN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS TO PAY FOR THOSE.

SO YOU'RE SAYING, INSTEAD OF PUTTING IT INTO THE PERSON WHO WAS ASKING, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HAS TO DO WITH PUBLIC WORKS, YOU PUT IT INTO PUBLIC WORKS, AND THEN YOU USE IT OUT OF THAT TO SPEND IT OUT FOR THOSE DIFFERENT AREAS, FOR THE TRANSFERS.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND ALSO FOR THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, THE MONEY GOES INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET TO PAY FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

SO YOU WON'T SEE THOSE ITEMS. SO LIKE SOME OF THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE THAT WERE REQUESTED IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL IS THAT THOSE ARE APPROVED FOR 2022.

YOU WON'T SEE THOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT BUDGETS, YOU'LL SEE IT IN PUBLIC WORKS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXPENSES FOR THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN HOSPITAL OR IN AN, OR, AND, UH, IN A PRIVATE SECTOR, BUT IN PUBLIC SECTOR WE USE FUND ACCOUNTING AND WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE SPECIFIED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES FLEET FUND.

UH, WE HAVE THE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, METRO FUND FOR INSTANCE, THAT WE USE AND WE HAVE TO TRANSFER MONEY.

WE'RE THERE FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

RIGHT.

AND THEN 1.8, WAS THIS A ONE-TIME, IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME, JUST A ONE TIME.

SO WHAT IS, SO WHAT IS PUTTING FOR SIDEWALKS FOR 22? THAT WOULD BE, UM, I KIND OF SKIM THROUGH THAT PIECE OF THE PRESENTATION, UH, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO TO THE SLIDE AND EXPLAIN YOU.

UH, TYPICALLY EVERY GIVEN HERE THERE IS ABOUT 400,000 PLUS COMMITTED FOR SIDEWALKS.

UM, THAT'S MADE TO HIT THE MAJOR REPAIRS THAT WE HAD.

UH, AND THIS IS THE, UH, SIDEWALK PROJECTS.

UH, NOW WHAT HAPPENED WAS WHEN WE DID THE STUDY BACK IN 20 20, 20 20, THAT YOU ALLUDED TO, UH, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS ROUGHLY $2 MILLION WORTH OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS TO BE DONE CITYWIDE.

SO A DECISION WAS MADE TO INFUSE 1.8 MILLION AND THE TYPICAL 400,000 THAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR, WHICH APPROXIMATES TO 2.2 MILLION INTO THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM TO DATE.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, WE'VE COMPLETED HALF THE WORK THERE IS ROUGHLY 1.1 MILLION REMAINING.

PLUS IF WE GO TO THE TYPICAL BUDGETING PROCESS AND THE, UH, 400,000 FUNDING GETS ALLOCATED THIS CURRENT YEAR, MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL HAVE ROUGHLY 1.5 MILLION AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ALL THE SIDEWALK, REPAIR CITYWIDE.

I MEAN, YOU CONFUSE ME BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING 400, SOME IS WHAT YOU PUT EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO THE MONEY THAT IS LEFT IN CAPITAL PROJECTS, THE MONEY THAT IS LEFT OVER A YEAR IN TRANSFERS FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE PROJECTS TO COMPLETE THOSE SIDEWALKS THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED TH THE, THIS YEAR THAT WERE INTENDED TO THOSE PROJECTS CONTINUE ON AND THAT MONEY CONTINUES ON.

SO LET ME OF THE 1.8, UH, SAY THERE'S $900,000 IS SPENT IN ONE YEAR, THERE'S STILL 900,000 LEFT AND PROJECTS TO BE DONE.

THAT MONEY MOVES FORWARD WITHIN THE FUND.

PLUS WE ADDED, UH, 400,000 THAT WE ANNUALLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF, OF SIDEWALKS.

SURE.

UNDERSTOOD.

BUT THAT, THAT DOESN'T CLARIFY THAT MONEY WILL BE USED FOR SIDEWALKS BECAUSE STAYS IN THE SIDEWALK FUND OR THE FUND IN WHICH SIDEWALKS ARE DONE IN THE LINE ON FOR SIDEWALKS, WHICH YOU SAID CAPITAL PROJECTS, CORRECT.

CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND SIDEWALKS IN THE COMING YEAR.

A NEW CONDUIT TO DO THAT.

THAT CLARIFY.

WELL, LET ME TRY TO TALK.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION WAS A 55,000 FOR LED.

I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN BY, UM, UH, CENTER POINT EVERY YEAR, X AMOUNT OF LIGHTS.

GREAT QUESTION.

LET ME CLARIFY THAT OUR, UH, AGREEMENT WITH CENTER POINTS GIVES US AN ALLOWANCE UP TO 50 LIGHTS IN EXISTING SUBDIVISIONS WHERE IT'S BEEN WIRED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST COLONY REQUESTS, ABOUT 10 LIGHTS.

WE CAN GO INSTALL THEM IF THE LIGHT SPACING IS INSUFFICIENT, OR IF THERE IS A NEED FOR IT.

BUT ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE IS ONE WHERE THERE IS NO PRE-WIRING FOR STREET LIGHTS.

WE GOT TO PULL IN NEW CONDUITS AND PUT

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SO CENTER POINT DOES NOT COVER THAT AND WE'LL HAVE TO PAY A CENTRAL POINT, THE FULL COST TO REWIRE THE ENTIRE SUBDIVISION AND INSTALL STREETLIGHTS.

AND THE ESTIMATE THEY'VE GIVEN US IS 55,000.

SURE.

SO I LIVE IN SILVER RIDGE, NOT AS STATE OF SILVER RISK, AND WE DON'T HAVE LIGHTS EITHER.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHEN THIS, WHEN THIS LIGHTS ARE GIVEN, 50 LIGHTS ARE GIVEN ARE HOW ARE YOU DIVIDING THOSE 50 LIGHTS THROUGH A, B, C, AND D? WHAT WE DO IS, AGAIN, THE ALLOCATION IS, YOU KNOW, IN THE, WHERE THE CENTER POINT ALLOCATION IS COVERED, WE GET AN ALLOWANCE OF 50 LIGHTS.

WE LOOK AT THE REQUESTS THAT COME IN FROM VARIOUS HOS AND SUBDIVISIONS, AND WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST IN PROPORTIONING.

THOSE HOLLOW ENDS ACROSS THE CITY.

THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE, BUT AS STATES OF CIVIL MARRIAGES ALTOGETHER, A DIFFERENT ANIMAL IN THE SENSE THAT THERE ARE NO STREETS LIGHTS THERE.

SO LET, LET ME JUST ASK YOU, SO THIS $55,000, LET'S SAY IF THIS BUDGET GETS APPROVED, HOW MANY LIGHTS WOULD YOU PUT IN ESSENCE, A SILVER RIDGE.

I BELIEVE IT'S A 30 RANDY, 38.

SO 38.

SO OUT OF 50, MINUS 30, THAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE BALANCES REST THAT WOULD GO TO A, B AND C.

NO, I KNOW THAT'S TWO DIFFERENT PARTS.

THE 50 IS THE ALLOWANCE WE GET FROM CENTRAL POINT.

THAT'S IN LOCATIONS WHERE WE CURRENTLY HAVE STREET LIGHTS.

IF THERE IS A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS, WE CAN INSTALL THOSE STREET LIGHTS SUBJECTED TO SOME CRITERIA THAT CENTRAL POINT HAS.

AND THOSE 50 LIGHTS CAN GROW ANYWHERE ACROSS THE STATE.

SO THE 57 50 LIGHTS THAT GIVEN MY CENTRAL POINT WILL GO TO ANYWHERE THERE'S AN EXISTING LIGHT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

RIGHT.

SO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IN HERE FOR THE ADDITIONAL 55 OR 56,000 IS TO BUILD UP THE CONDUIT THAT IS CORRECT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THIS WAY, AT SOME POINT IN TIME, THEY COULD HAVE THE BANDWIDTH HAVE THE STREET LIGHTS.

IF YOU, IF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL WORKED TO APPROVE THAT 55,000 ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE CURRENTLY, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE ANY STREET LIGHTS, WE'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY 3,700 POINT HAS TO PUT THE CAPITAL IN TO, IN ORDER TO LIGHT UP THE POLLS THAT DON'T EXIST TODAY IN THAT PARTICULAR NUTS, 55,000.

AND THEN WE IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH LIGHTS THERE, BUT THE POLLS AND THE ELECTRICITY'S THERE, THEN IT COULD BE AN ALLOCATION FROM THOSE OTHER 50.

GOT IT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 50 LIGHTS THAT WERE, THAT HE'S SAYING THAT WE'RE GETTING WOULD GO TO AREAS THAT ARE NEEDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHERE ALREADY THERE'S AN EXISTING LIGHT IN PLACE IS WEARING, RIGHT.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO SUPPORT LIGHTING THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT THE LINES IN AND EVERYTHING ELSE CENTER POINTS CAN BE DOING ON ALL THE SHORE.

SO THE 55 K'S ARE OUR PORTION OF THE CITY'S PORTION OR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, OR IS IT THE CENTRAL POINT IS COMING IN HALFWAY OR, OR WE JUST DOING THE, YES, THE COST AND CENTERPOINT DOES THE WORK.

THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CITY SHARE FROM FUNDING.

THAT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT OF CITY PAYING FOR IT.

THAT'S CORRECT.

MA'AM AND THEN ONCE THAT'S THERE AND THEN THEY WOULD COME IN AND PUT THE STREETLIGHTS.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE OPEN POSITIONS, PERSONAL COST ABOUT YOU USE WINTER PHRASE, YOU USE, UM, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN TERMINOLOGIES IN HERE FOR, UM, I SEE A LOT OF IT AS SENIOR INSPECTOR, AND I DO SEE HR PLANNING AND INSPECTION THAT'S ABOUT HER AND 30 K.

SO FOR THE FACELIFT AND WHAT HAVE YOU, SO SOME OF THESE CROSSFIT ACROSS POSITIONS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND AMAZON, BUT I THINK THAT WAS A ONE-TIME DEAL, RIGHT? IT WAS JUST DONE.

RIGHT.

WELL, UH, LET ME TELL YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, WE ARE SEEING A VERY HIGH UPTICK IN DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, $80 MILLION IN INVESTMENT THAT'S COMING TO CITY IS NOT A SMALL NUMBER.

IT'S A HUGE NUMBER.

WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IS TO REVIEW AND APPROVE THEM.

SO THEY MEET STANDARDS.

SO WE DON'T GET INTO THE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN INTO IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

UH, AND THAT INVOLVES STAFF REVIEW THE PLANS APPROVAL OF THE PLANS, INSPECTING AN ACCEPTANCE.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE, WE THINK THAT THE TREND WILL CONTINUE.

AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE FOUR PENN TOWN CENTER, THREE, WE HAVE DRY CREEK, WE ARE PART SALES.

AND YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT A COUPLE OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE.

SO IT IS NOT A, A SHOTGUN THING BEFORE SEE THAT CONTINUING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

MY LAST ONE IS A SWEEPER.

TO DO WITH DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

I KNOW THAT I HEAR IT OUT THERE WITH PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT ENOUGH.

AND WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE, IT'S NOT SUCKING UP THE LEAVES, UM, OR WHATEVER DEBRIS IS OR PAPER OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS ON THAT? UM, AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR, UH, ONLY REASON I ASKED IS YOU ASKING FOR OTHER VEHICLES IN HERE THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT A SWEEPER, RIGHT? IT HAS

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THAT'S WHAT PROMPTED ME TO ASK ABOUT THIS, RIGHT? LET ME ANSWER THAT.

THERE'S NOT A SHORT ANSWER FOR THAT.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE POOL SWEEPER.

WE ADDED THE SECOND SWEEPER DURING THE LAST YEAR BUDGET, AND THERE'S A SMALLER SIZED SWEEPER THAT HELPS US BETTER NEGOTIATE CUL-DE-SACS AND TIGHT SPOTS.

NOW, UH, GENERALLY PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THIS ANSWER, SWEEPERS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO PICK UP LEAVES.

THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PICK UP BREAD IN SOIL IN THAT KIND OF SMALL PARTICLES.

UH, NOW THIS SMALLER SWEEPER THAT WE PURCHASE AS HELP, TYPICALLY IT IS THE HOMEOWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BACK THE TREES IN THEIR FRONT YARD AND BACK THEM.

NOT EVERYBODY DOES IT.

I DON'T DO IT EITHER, BUT WE MAKE OUR BEST EFFORT TO PICK UP THE LEAVES.

BUT AGAIN, THESE STREET SWEEPERS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO SPECIFICALLY PICK THE LEAVES.

AND THAT'S WHERE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCONNECT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNICATIONS IN DOING SOME KIND OF AN OUTREACH.

UH, BUT I THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THAT AS WELL.

THEY JUST, THEY JUST SWEEP IT.

THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T ABSORB, THEY PICK UP THE GRANULAR MATERIALS, THE GRIT IN THAT KIND OF MATERIALS, BUT NOT LEAVES.

UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, UH, UH, WE'VE TRIED TO GO AND, UH, SEND A SMALL SWEEPER WHERE THERE ARE MORE TREES AND THERE ARE MORE LEAVES.

IT HAS HELPED ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO SOLVE THE SITUATION.

AND THEN WHAT IS A BUCKET TRUCK? A BUCKET TRUCK IS ONE WHICH YOU SEE TYPICALLY ON A STREET WHERE IT LIFTS UP A TECHNICIAN, WHO'S WORKING ON A STREETLIGHT OR ON A TRAFFIC LINE.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE BUCKET TRUCK.

I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

CAN YOU PROVIDE US WITH A CITYWIDE, UM, REPAIR LIST OF THE SIDEWALKS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SERVICE IN THE AUTOMOBILE IS COST THAT PRETTY MUCH ASSOCIATED WITH IT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A WEEKEND MA'AM.

I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE MAP HERE THAT WAS EMBEDDED, AND I THINK THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU AS WELL IN YOUR, UH, FRIDAY PACKAGE.

UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE NUMBERS BROKEN DOWN BY DISTRICTS SO FAR HAVE SPENT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION, 264 FOR DISTRICT DAY TWO AND 14 FOR DISTRICT B 2 95 FOR DISTRICT C.

AND, UH, UH, AND AGAIN, UH, FOR DISTRICT B'S 302,000, ROUGHLY APPROXIMATE ACROSS THE DISTRICTS.

AND IN THIS MAP, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE LOCATIONS WHERE IT'S BEEN DONE.

IT MAY NOT BE VERY CLEAR FOR YOU ON YOUR COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EXPAND ON THAT AND PROVIDE YOU THE LOCATIONS AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

UM, TYPICALLY FOLLOW UP, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH THE, UM, SIDEWALK PROJECT.

I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH A LOT OF RESIDENTS WHO COMPLAIN AND YOU PRETTY MUCH GOT OUT THERE, SENT THE CREW.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE EXPEDITED AND YOU GOT ON IT.

I KNOW ONE RESIDENT ACTUALLY, UM, TRIPPED AND BUSTED RISK OPEN.

SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO FIX THAT EFFORT AND TO MAKE THOSE SIDEWALKS SAFE AND SECURE FOR THE RESIDENTS.

SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM, ESSENTIALLY.

I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.

EVERY TIME A RESIDENT EMAILS ME, IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.

YOU HAVE A TEAM OUT, THEY'LL EMAIL ME AND SAY, WOW, SOMEBODY WAS OUT HERE THIS MORNING.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM BEING SO RESPONSIVE.

AND I WANT TO SAY ONE THING ABOUT SIDEWALKS, THE AMOUNT OF SIDEWALK WORK WE'RE DOING 2 MILLION PLUS NO CITY HAS TACKLED THIS MUCH AMOUNT OF SCIENCE, CHURNED OUT A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF SIDEWALK REPAIRS IN NINE MONTHS.

AND THAT IS NO SMALL TASK.

AND, UH, MY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS TEAM LED BY TODD HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THE PROGRAM ROLLING.

AND YOU, UH, AS YOU RECALL, JUST AUTHORIZED ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR A CRUISE PRIVATE CRUISE TO MAKE THAT BATCH GO OUT FASTER AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET FOR HVAC, ESPECIALLY FOR THAT BUILDING? IT'S SO HOT IN THERE.

THAT'S IN THIS REPORT, THERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS PROPOSED.

AND ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT, AS WELL AS CARES.

THEY HAVE STARTED OPENING UP SOME OF THESE, UH, NEW FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO TAP THAT.

SO WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.

PLUS, AS WE MENTIONED, THE FUND BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME ONE-TIME EXPENDITURES AND POTENTIALLY PUT TOGETHER A REP OR A RECOMMENDATION FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO INCLUDE THAT IN THAT'S IN THE CIP, WE PRESENTED THEM WHERE YOUR OFFICE IS, RIGHT, THE CHAMBER AND ALL THAT, THAT BILL AREA.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE SOME THINGS OVER HERE AS WELL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

, I'M SORRY, BAD.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, BUT SHOULD YOU APPROVE A SUPPLEMENTAL? WE HAVE THAT LINE ITEM RIGHT HERE ON THE SCREEN WITH FILTERS.

I MEAN, I'VE NEVER SEEN CEILING FANS RUNNING IN PEOPLE'S OFFICE ALL NIGHT.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S STILL HOT.

WELL, UH, I THINK, UH, THE MAYOR, WE HAVE TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A 30 YEAR OLD BUILDING AND NOT AS EFFICIENT

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AS ANY NEW BUILDING IS.

UH, WE REPLACED ONE CHILLER, WHICH IS THE AIR CONDITIONER UNIT LAST YEAR.

NOW WE HAVE A BACKUP CHILLER AND THAT'S AGAIN, OLD TIME TO REPLACE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS THAT WE HAVE.

UH, AGAIN, THE, THE BIG THING IS IT'S A 30 YEAR OLD BUILDING, JUST LIKE YOU HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH SOMEBODY, RIGHT, GLEN.

I MEAN, THE ONE THAT WE WERE TALKING TO THAT THERE WERE FINDING SOME COST SAVINGS FOR HVAC OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THOUGHT I THOUGHT THEY SAID THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAD ALREADY HAVE SOME SAVED COST SAVINGS ON HVAC THAT'S GOING ON.

SO IS THAT GOING TO HELP TO PUT THE START A YEAR THAT WAS 1,000,008 OR 1,000,002 THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE.

AND THEN THAT SAVINGS GOES BACK TO PAY FOR THE CAPITAL COST THAT WE HAVE FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BACK INTO 2018, THE PERSON THAT'S CALLING YOU AS A SALES PERSON, AND WE'VE TOLD THEM WE'VE ALREADY DONE THIS WORK.

THERE'S NO NEED TO BE TALKING TO US, FORGET ABOUT THE SALES PITCH.

AND I'M SAYING IF, IF WE HAVE A COST INITIATIVE THAT'S PUT IN THROUGH THAT, SHOULD THAT BUILDING STILL BE HOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S 30 YEARS OLD, UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE DID SOME ENERGY RETROFITS FOR ALL THE CITY FACILITIES LAST YEAR, AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE ACHIEVING SOME ENERGY SAVINGS.

THAT'S ELECTRICITY BILLS THAT WE PAY.

SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT CAN BE SAVED, CAN BE INVESTED IN, UM, SOME OF THESE, UH, SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS THAT WE'RE ASKING.

AND THAT'S WHAT BILL IS REFERRING TO.

UM, BUT, UH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IF YOU LIVE IN A 30 YEAR OLD HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A AIR CONDITIONING UNIT, IT'S TIME TO REPLACE IT.

AND I THINK WE'RE IN THE SAME POSITION HERE.

SO ARE WE GOING TO REPLACE THE PLAN THAT WE JUST PRESENTED TO YOU? SO IT IS, YES.

THAT'S HOW I WAS ASKING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ONE LAST QUESTION.

THE GEARS OF MONEY WE TALKED ONCE BEFORE ABOUT, UM, MAYBE, UH, WE CAN COVER SOME OF THE GENERATORS, UH, AND I NOTICED THAT THERE'S, UH, REPAIRS OR REPLACEMENT OF GENERATORS.

ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT MONEY FOR WE'RE INVESTIGATING THAT BECAUSE THAT IS EVOLVING AS WE SPEAK, THE FEDS ARE TAKING, OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S TAKING A LOOK AT THAT AND OPENING UP NEW PROGRAMS AND POSSIBILITIES.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THAT AND LOOKING AT IT, DON'T REMEMBER, IT'S STILL SAID WE'RE CONTINUING TO EVOLVE GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE, BUT, UM, GENERATORS ARE DEFINITELY ENLIST.

WE JUST HAD THAT DISCUSSION LAST WEEK AND WE REVIEWED THE BUDGETS, NOT ONLY FOR THE GENERATORS HERE AT THIS FACILITY, SHOULD A PANDEMIC HIT WHERE WE CAN KEEP THE NEW AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM RUNNING SAFELY AND FILTER EFFECTIVELY, AND ALSO HAVE BACKUP POWER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN OPERATE HERE, UH, WHETHER WE NEEDED A CENTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RELATED TO PANDEMIC, AS WELL AS THE REPAIRS.

YOU MENTIONED WITH THE FIRE STATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UPGRADING AND REPLACING THOSE FACILITIES AS WELL.

SO WE'VE KIND OF SET THOSE ASIDE EITHER THROUGH A RPA MONEY OR THE SUPPLEMENTAL.

SO AT A TIME WE GET THROUGH THERE, WE'RE HOPING TO IDENTIFY THAT WE CAN DO THAT WITH OUR ERP AND MONEY, AND THEN BE ABLE TO SIGN THOSE DOLLARS SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT ALL THOSE THINGS WE'RE TYING BACK TO THE PANDEMIC AND ABILITY TO OPERATE SO THEY COULD POTENTIALLY MEET, BE PAID FOR OUT OF CARERS MONEY AS OPPOSED TO SUPPLEMENTAL AND REQUESTS COMING THROUGH HERE.

OUR CAPABILITY RPA MONEY.

YEP.

OKAY, THANKS.

SO WHAT WAS THAT ALONG WITH THAT? WHAT CONSOLE MEMORY ASKED? I KNOW DURING THE WINTER FREEZE THERE WAS, WASN'T THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TWO GENERATORS? DID I HEAR YOU MAY REPORT TO MASS THAT LAST TIME, BUT THE GENERATORS WE'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION HERE ON GENERATORS FOR SALARY PAYING FOR IT.

ARE WE GETTING IT THROUGH KOZACK WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT THROUGH THE CARES ACT OR POSSIBLY IN THE AMERICAN RECOVERY ACT.

IF WE CAN'T DO TO EXTEND OUR OWN DOLLARS AGAIN, WE'VE GOT TO SEE IF IT'LL FIT INTO THE PROGRAMMING OR NOT.

SO ARE WE DOING THE SAME THING AS COMEDY AND OTHERS ARE DOING WITH THE CARES ACT MONEY? I MEAN, ARE WE FOLLOWING THE SAME THING AS OTHER CITIES? AND I HOPE EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S LEGAL.

IT'S JUST MAKING SURE WE FOLLOW WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING.

THAT'S PROBABLY AS IS LEO.

WE'LL MAKE YOU JOYCE HAPPY.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR JOSH? THANK YOU.

PUBLIC WORKS.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A SHORT TIME, BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

AT THE LAST ONE OF THE LAST MEETINGS.

NO.

WELL, ONE THING SHASHI, I THINK WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER EDWARDS HAD ASKED FOR THAT SIDEWALKS THING, I HAVE ALSO ASKED FOR IT

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SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT DATA BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKED BY RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY, OR I SHOULD SAY THE ALLOCATIONS OF THE FUNDS THAT'S BEING SPENT ON SIDEWALKS.

SO I ALSO LIKE TO SEE THAT, AND I KNOW THAT I ASKED THAT ONE OR TWO MEETINGS BEFORE YOU'RE ASKING BY DISTRICTS THAT YEAH, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK.

ACTUALLY, IT JUST DIDN'T PACK IT LAST WEEK, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT IS ON EACH DISTRICT, NO, NOT NO ITEMIZE, BUT IT TELLS HOW MUCH IN THE DISTRICT ITEMIZE, I DON'T KNOW THE WEEKENDS, AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE A BREAKDOWN.

UM, WELL LET ME, LET ME GET US SOME CLARIFICATION COUNCIL NUMBER.

I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IS WHAT WE HAVE SPENT SO FAR IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT, RIGHT? AND THERE IS A LOCATION ON A MAP WHERE THOSE REPAIRS HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

THAT'S THE INFORMATION WE HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ALREADY, AND WE'LL TRY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AGAIN, IF NEED BE, UH, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? I JUST, I MEAN, LOOK AT IT IN MORE IN DEPTH, KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WELL, LET ME YOU A REQUEST AND WE'LL FOLLOW UP ACCORDINGLY AS TO WHICH WHAT YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

FROM THE FRONT END OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ON THE VISIONING SIDE TO THE TAIL END, UM, OF MAINTAINING, UH, THE QUALITY AND THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT, UH, WE ALL WANT TO LIVE IN.

NO PRESSURE ON THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE READY FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES? I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF CAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT'S IT'S LATE FOR ALL.

UM, BUT I DO JUST WANNA, UH, JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE WELL-VERSED WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, BUT THIS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART GIVES YOU AN GLIMPSE AS TO THE SERVICES THAT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PROVIDES.

UH, THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT PUBLIC WORKS AND SOME OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL REQUESTS ON PLAN REVIEWS, OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UM, AS WELL AS THE PRESENTATION FROM THE FIRE CHIEF ON THE FIRE PREVENTION, UM, ITEMS AS WELL.

ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS KIND OF THE FACE, UM, OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, BUT IT'S A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, UM, ACROSS DEPARTMENTS, ACROSS DIVISIONS, UM, INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENTITIES.

UM, BUT IN TERMS OF THE STAFF, UM, THAT PROVIDE THE SERVICES THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, WE HAVE THREE DIVISIONS.

UM, WE HAVE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES OUR PLANNERS, WHICH ARE HERE, REMAINED WITH ME TONIGHT FOR MORAL SUPPORT.

SO I DO THANK THEM FOR THAT, BUT THEY ARE PART OF OUR PLANNING TEAM, UM, PLANNING.

UH, THESE ARE OUR TWO PLANNERS.

I'M A PLANNER BY TRAINING.

UH, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COORDINATOR, UM, IN THAT ROLE AS WELL.

UM, ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT WITH PLANNING SERVICES, CAUSE I KNOW, UM, WE GET A LOT OF HEAT A LOT OF TIMES WITH, UH, JUST THE RESPONSIVENESS OR THE ABILITY TO TACKLE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY COMMUNITIES, UM, IN OUR AREA, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY, UM, OUR PLANNING TEAM, WE PROVIDE BOTH CURRENT AND LONG RANGE PLANNING.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS, UH, PLANNERS ARE DOING SITE LEVEL, UM, VERY DETAILED TECHNICAL REVIEWS, UM, AS WELL AS LARGE VISIONING, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS ZONING CASES AND TRYING TO, UM, PERCEIVE AND GUIDE, UH, THE CITY IN TERMS OF MOVING THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.

OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR, WHICH IS MAJORITY FUNDED BY OUR CDBG FUNDS.

UM, THAT POSITION IS 80% FUNDED THROUGH CDBG, UH, THAT, UH, THAT, UH, POSITION, UM, ALSO WORKS, UH, THROUGH OUR, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, OUR PERMITS AND OUR INSPECTIONS, UM, OUR INTERNAL TEAM THAT DOES THE INTAKE, UM, FOR ANY PERMIT APPLICATION THAT COMES INTO THE CITY, UM, SCHEDULING, UM, THEY'RE THE PRIMARY INTERFACE, UH, THEY'RE THE, UH, GROUP THAT STAFFS OUR FRONT LOBBY.

UM, THEY REPORT UP THROUGH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, UM, WHO HAS OVERSIGHT OVER THAT ACTIVITY AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS.

UM, OUR COMMERCIAL PLAN REVIEW, UH, POSITION IS ALSO, UM, THROUGH, UH, THIS DIVISION AS WELL.

AND THEN AS, UH, COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE ARE REALIGNING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, BACK INTO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, AND PART OF THAT REALIGNMENT OR HEALTH INSPECTORS THAT YOU SEE THERE, UM, THAT, UH, PERFORM ALL OF OUR ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, ARE, UH, THE PRIMARY INTERFACE WITH THOSE BUSINESSES.

UM, WE ARE REALIGNING THEM FROM UNDER THE PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS DIVISION, UM, INTO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.

SO AS OUR VISION, UM, STATES, AND AS I JUST MENTIONED WITH THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS THAT, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES

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SO I KNOW WE'RE JUST HITTING SOME HIGH LEVEL, UM, ITEMS, BUT I DO JUST WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE SUCCESSES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS HAD, UM, OVER THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.

UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE WORK, UH, THAT, UH, THE STAFF, UH, THROUGH THIS DEPARTMENT, UM, HAVE COLLABORATED WITH OTHER TEAMS, UM, TO, UH, MAKE THESE, THESE ITEMS SUCCESSFUL.

UM, ONE OF THE THING THAT TWO, THREE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, WERE PART OF, UM, WEST MISSOURI CITY HOUSING STUDY THAT STUDY WAS COMPLETED BY, UH, GEORGE JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

UH, THE STUDY IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT GUIDES, IT PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT OUR PLANNING TEAMS CAN USE, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR CDBG FUNDING AND DIRECTING, UM, PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, UM, POLICIES, PROCEDURES, REGULATIONS ON FILLING THE GAPS, UH, WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, ONE THING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD OF IS OUR SCENIC CITY PLATINUM STATUS.

UM, THE CITY, UH, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, UM, HAS BEEN CERTIFIED AS A PLATINUM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE SCENIC CITY PROGRAM.

AND THIS AGAIN IS A HIGHLIGHT OF THE REGULATIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS PLACED ON A BEAUTIFICATION, UM, OF MAKING SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ARE OF A HIGH QUALITY.

AND THIS IS THE HIGHEST STANDARD THAT OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE.

UM, AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY PROUD THAT, UH, I THINK THIS REFLECTS, UH, THE QUALITY OF, UM, OF REGULATIONS, UH, THAT THE CITY HAS ADOPTED OVER THE YEARS.

UM, TWO NEW PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE CDBG, UM, FUND, UM, THROUGH FISCAL YEAR, UM, THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, UM, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL PAINT PROGRAM.

UM, AGAIN, AMY, UM, AT, UH, OUR CDBG TARGET AREAS TO PROVIDE, UM, TO, UH, TARGET THAT FUNDING, UM, TO ASSIST, UH, VARIOUS RESIDENTS, UM, AND BEING ABLE TO LIVE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND LASTLY, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SWEEPS, UM, BUT JUST AS WE CONTINUE TO ALIGN CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ACTIVITIES, UM, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES TO BUILD STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS, UM, AND BONDS BETWEEN OUR OFFICERS, UM, AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, OUR GOALS OUTLINE, UM, ITEMS THAT, UH, COUNCIL HAS BEEN PART OF, UM, AS WELL AS CITY STAFF.

UM, AGAIN, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT HAS FACED, UM, IN OUR OPERATIONS, THE TOP OF OUR LIST, UM, OUR, OUR DELIVERY GOALS, UM, AGAIN ON, UH, SAATCHI HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, THE VALUE ADDED, UH, BY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

UM, WE DO NOT EXPECT THAT ACTIVITY TO SUBSIDE, UM, WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR OR, UH, HOPEFULLY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, UM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT IN TERMS OF THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, THE MONEY'S ALLOCATED TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.

UM, IT IS ONE OF OUR TOP GOALS, UM, TO ALIGN, UM, ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE.

UM, AND SO AGAIN, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS COLLABORATIVE.

SO THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT JUST HOUSED WITHIN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, THE POSITIONS, UM, THE, UH, UH, DIFFERENT, UM, UH, PROCEDURES THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE FIRE PREVENTION, UM, SIDE, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS AND THE ENGINEERING SIDE, ALL OF THESE, UM, PLAY A PART, UM, IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, STAFF BEING ABLE TO, UM, ADDRESS, UH, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN A TIMELY MANNER, UM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO, UH, THROUGH THIS BUDGET.

SO REALIGN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ACTIVITIES, UM, AGAIN WITH THE, UM, I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CLOUDS ARE MENTIONED, UH, THE OLD, UH, WALGREENS OVER AT, UH, LAKE SHORE HARBOR.

UM, WE'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE, UM, SOME OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIVENESS WORKING WITHIN THE LAW, WORKING WITHIN, UM, UM, OUR LEGAL PARAMETERS, UM, BUT ALSO, UM, CREATING PARTNERSHIPS WITH BUSINESSES, CREATING PROPER PARTNERSHIPS WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AS WELL AS ALIGNING OUR PERMIT ACTIVITY AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UH, WITH THESE EFFORTS.

UM, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE RESPONSIVE AS WELL TO, UH, SOME OF THE COUNCIL, UM, UH, REQUESTS, UM, AND AGAIN, JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO, UH, COMMUNICATE THE ACTIVITY THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS A UNDERTAKING,

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THE BIGGEST PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S, IT'S A SMALL BUDGET FOR THE AMOUNT OF VALUE THAT THIS DEPARTMENT PROVIDES, UM, FOR THE, THE CITY.

UM, THIS DEPARTMENT BRINGS IN, UM, A CONSIDER A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PERMIT FEES, UM, AND ACTIVITIES THAT FUND THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, HOWEVER, UM, WHAT FUNDS THE DEVELOPMENTS OR WHAT FUNDS ARE PROCESSES IS VERY SMALL.

UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHUNKS, UM, THAT YOU'LL SEE ON HERE IS LINE ITEM 53 UNDER THE CONTRACT SERVICES, UH, THAT AMOUNT JUST OVER $330,000 OR $325,000.

I APOLOGIZE, UM, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UM, WHAT THAT ITEM IS, IS THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FOR OUR THIRD PARTY REVIEWERS, OUR THIRD PARTY CONTRACTORS.

UM, WE HAVE THREE, UH, THIRD-PARTY CONTRACTORS THAT WE WORK WITH, UM, CURRENTLY THAT HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE PLAN REVIEW, UH, SERVICES THAT WE NEED, UM, TO SUPPORT OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS, I'M NOT GOING TO REHASH WHAT YOU JUST HEARD, UH, THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME STORY, UH, THAT, UH, THESE FUNDS WOULD BE USED FOR.

SO OUR DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE REALIGNMENT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BRING OUR DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE NUMBER UP TO 31.

UM, WE HAVE THREE POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT, ALL THREE ARE VERY CRITICAL TO OUR OPERATIONS.

UM, ONE INCLUDES MY FORMER POSITION AS THE PLANNING MANAGER, UM, THAT, UH, MANAGES THE PLANNING DIVISION, UM, AND ASSIST ON THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.

UM, ANOTHER POSITION IS OUR IN-HOUSE COMMERCIAL PLANS EXAMINER THAT WAS FUNDED, UM, IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.

UM, THAT IS A VERY TECHNICAL, UM, UH, POSITION, UH, THAT REQUIRES, UH, SEVERAL CERTIFICATIONS, UM, AND, UH, VERY TECHNICAL TRAINEE.

UM, SO WE'VE STRUGGLED OVER THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND FINALLY FINDING A QUALIFIED PERSON FOR THAT POSITION.

BUT AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS FACED, UM, IN TERMS OF PLAN, REVIEW, RESPONSIVENESS, AND ALL THAT IS A CRITICAL POSITION FOR US TO FIND THE LAST VACANT POSITION IS A CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, TO, UM, POSITION, WHICH WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR SHORTLY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DOES NOT HAVE AN EXPANSIVE LIST OF SUPPLEMENTALS.

ALTHOUGH, UH, ONE, UH, THAT, UH, SAATCHI TOUCHED ON IN PUBLIC WORKS, UM, IS A REDO OF OUR LOBBY AREA.

AGAIN, GOING WITH, UH, SOME OF THE OVERHAULS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO MAKE OUR, OUR SERVICES MORE RESPONSIVE TO OUR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT PARTICULARLY ON THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES BUDGET, UM, THE ADDITION, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, THE ADDITION, WOULD IT, UH, JUST BRING UP OUR OVERTIME FOR OUR PLANNING DIVISION, UM, BACK TO, UM, WHAT THE TYPICAL HAS BEEN FOR PREVIOUS YEARS? AGAIN, WE'RE STAFFING UP ON OUR PLANNING SIDE.

UM, THE LIGHTNESS OF THIS MEETING, UM, IS OVERTIME HOURS.

UH, SO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, THAT PLANNERS ATTEND, UM, ALL OF THAT IS PART OF THAT SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET.

UM, IN ADDITION CODE ENFORCEMENT, POSTAGE, WHICH IS STANDARD, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT A NEW REQUEST, UM, BUT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR BASELINE, UM, UH, PROJECTION.

AND SO THE LAST ITEM I HAVE, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

THE LEFT SIDE OF MY HAT IS ON OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

UM, IT'S IN SMALL PRINT THERE, BUT JUST TO TOUCH ON THAT, THIS IS THE BUDGET FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.

UM, WHAT YOU SEE IS, UM, A TOTAL OF ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS OF FUNDING, SO DATING BACK TO ABOUT 2017 TO PRESENT.

UM, SO THIS IS NOT ONE YEAR, UM, THIS IS, UH, THE CUMULATIVE AMOUNT, UM, OF THAT FUNDING.

IT ALSO INCLUDES A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, CARES ACT FUNDING WITHIN THAT TOTAL.

UM, SO THAT ALLOCATION IS BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, HAS MADE TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL WITH ACTION PLANS.

I WOULD SAY A QUARTER OF THIS IS PROBABLY, UM, ALLOCATED TOWARDS, UH, THE HOUSING REHAB, UM, REHABILITATION PROGRAM ACTIVITY, UH, THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH A CDBG.

AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE AS QUICKLY AS I CAN DO IT AT THIS HOUR.

REAL QUICK, JENNIFER, ON YOUR ITEM FIVE, IMPROVE UP UPON TIMELINES.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOUR DEPARTMENT NEEDS FROM A SOFTWARE STANDPOINT OR SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP YOU GET TO THAT IMPROVEMENT? AND IF SO, CAN WE MAYBE REVIEW THAT IN THE FUTURE? YES.

GOOD QUESTION.

AND SO, UM, AS, UH, THE COUNCIL KNOWS, UH, THE CITY HAS INNER GOV, UM, WHICH IS THE ONLINE PERMITTING, UM, ELECTRONIC PERMITTING SOFTWARE, UM,

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THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT CONTINUES TO BE, UM, OUR, UH, GOAL, UM, IN TERMS OF ACTION ITEMS THAT WE NEED.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WHEN IDENTIFYING A POSITION OR RECLASSIFYING THE POSITION WHOSE PRIMARY ROLE WOULD BE IN ASSISTING IN BUILDING UP ON THAT SYSTEM.

SO ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE HAD, UM, WITH UTILIZING THAT SYSTEM IS TAKING KEY PERSONNEL, UM, FROM THEIR EVERYDAY DUTIES AND HAVING TO FOCUS IN ON SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF BUILDING AND UTILIZE.

I SEEN THAT SYSTEM.

SO WOULD YOU HAVE TO BUY A MODULE IN INNER GOV OR WE HAVE IT AS JUST A MATTER OF TRAINING? WE HAVE IT.

AND THE SAME FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I KNOW, UM, OVER PRESENTATIONS, UM, THE LAST, UH, FEW, UH, MEETINGS, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE, UH, COMING INTO THE INNER GOV PROGRAM.

AND THOSE MODULES HAVE ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED THAT WAY.

THEY'RE ALL SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER AND CAUSE A LOT OF THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE FOR RELATED.

AND SO, UH, WE'LL BE USING ONE SOFTWARE THAT OUR BUYER WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

AND YOU HAVE TRAINING DOLLARS IN YOUR CURRENT BUDGET TOO.

TWO QUESTIONS.

UM, YOU TALKED ABOUT PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT SERVICES AND YOU SAID YOU'RE USING A THIRD PARTY FOR THE REVEAL.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO USE A THIRD PARTY OR IS THAT SOMETHING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY.

SO IT STARTED OFF, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, THE NUMBER OF STAFF, UM, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR AND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF FISCAL YEARS WILL, WE WILL NEED TO USE THAT SUPPORT, UM, IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE.

SO YOU DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH, I'M JUST ASKING YOU DON'T THINK IT'S WORTH HIRING A PERSONNEL BECAUSE AS YOU'RE THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR THAT CAME BEFORE YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S GOING GROWING ECONOMICALLY RIGHT.

AND GROWTH AND ALL OF THAT, WHERE HE NEEDED A POSITION WHERE I DON'T SEE YOU ASKING FOR ANY POSITION, BUT WOULD YOU THINK THAT WOULD OFFSET SOME OF THAT COST AND TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN-HOUSE, WHICH YOU CAN CONTROL, WHICH CAN GET THE JOB DONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BETTER CONTROL ON, YOU KNOW, NINE TO FIVE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO, I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING A QUESTION, DOES THAT, DOES THAT HELP? SO I I'D ANSWER IT WITH, I THINK THAT'S OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION.

I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT AT THAT POINT.

UM, I THINK BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT SAATCHI BROUGHT UP, THE FOUR BINS COUNSELOR TO, UH, THE CINEMARK, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, AS WELL AS THE FORT BEN TOWN CENTER THREE, UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS, JUST THE SCOPE AND THE NATURE OF THOSE, UM, AND THE TIMELINE IN WHICH THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THAT, UM, WE STILL NEED TO RELY ON A THIRD-PARTY FOR THIS TIME PERIOD.

UM, IN ADDITION, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS OF THOSE THREE CONTRACTS.

UM, THEY HAVE FULL SERVICE.

SO WE HAVE ONE CONTRACT THAT CAN DO PLANNING, ZONING REVIEWS, AS WELL AS BUILDING CODE REVIEWS, AS WELL AS, UM, INSPECTIONS, UH, BUILDING CODE INSPECTIONS.

IF WE WORK TO HIRE PERSONNEL FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT THREE POSITIONS, UM, FOR THAT ONE CONTRACT AND THEN BUILDING UP THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF THOSE POSITIONS.

THAT MAKES SENSE.

SO THE ONE POSITION THAT YOU HAVE, THE SECOND QUESTION FOR ME IS THE POSITION THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU HAVEN'T FAILED AND THAT'S KIND OF TRICKY TO HIRE SOMEONE.

SO WHO'S DOING THAT WORK RIGHT NOW.

IS THAT GOING TO CONTRACT SERVICE? SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S A HEAVY RELIANCE ON THE CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THAT POSITION.

UM, WE HAVE AN IN-HOUSE, UH, BUILDING INSPECTOR, UH, THAT'S BEEN PERFORMING, UM, THAT WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

UM, SO THIS WOULD HELP OFFSET THAT POSITION AS WELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M LOOKING AT, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN THE DEPARTMENT, UM, IS CREATING THAT SUCCESSION PLANNING, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IN-HOUSE KNOWLEDGE BASE THAT WE'RE BUILDING, UM, AND THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THAT THERE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE INTO POSITIONS LIKE THIS, UM, AS WE MAKE THEM AVAILABLE.

UM, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S WE HAVE A BUILDING INSPECTOR.

UM, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DOES LIMITED, UH, PLAN REVIEWS AS WELL.

UM, BUT WE HAVE A HEAVY RELIANCE ONE ON THE THIRD PART.

TO FRUITION OR NOT, WHILE I HAVE WHAT I'M HEARING.

I DON'T HEAR ANY OF THE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, JENNIFER.

I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION FOR BILL, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UH, JENNIFER JUST TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE PLANS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR SCOPE, RIGHT? THESE, YOU KNOW, FOUR CENTERED TOO, AND ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT SHASHI'S JUSTIFYING THAT AS A NEED AS FOR BEN TOO.

SO I LIKE FOR YOU TO JUST LOOK AT THAT AS I'M HEARING TWO DIFFERENT CONTRARY ONE IS SAYING THAT THESE ARE SCULPTS.

NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO COME

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ONE OF YOUR OTHER DIRECTORS JUSTIFYING THAT AS A NEED FOR THE POSITION IS WHAT I HEARD.

SO JUST, JUST A COMMENT TO YOU JUST TO KEEP IN MIND TO THAT AS YOU BRING IT UP TO IN JULY, THAT'S IT, THANK YOU.

THAT IS ALL WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

AND WE APPRECIATE, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO US.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

I'VE GOT A LOT OF NOTES HERE AND, UH, WE'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.